mat2 is a metadata removal tool, supporting a wide range of commonly used file formats.
Metadata consist of information that characterizes data. Metadata are used to provide documentation for data products. In essence, metadata answer who, what, when, where, why, and how about every facet of the data that are being documented.
Metadata within a file can tell a lot about you. Cameras record data about when a picture was taken and what camera was used. Office documents like PDF or Office automatically adds author and company information to documents and spreadsheets. Maybe you don’t want to disclose those information. This is precisely the job of mat2: getting rid, as much as possible, of metadata.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Formats supported: avi, bmp, css, epub/ncx, flac, gif, jpeg, m4a/mp2/mp3/…, mp4, odc/odf/odg/odi/odp/ods/odt/…, off/opus/oga/spx/…, pdf, png, ppm, pptx/xlsx/docx/…, svg/svgz/…, tar/tar.gz/tar.bz2/tar.xz/…, tiff, torrent, wav, wmv, zip, …
Website: github.com/jvoisin/mat2
Support:
Developer: Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
mat2 is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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