After installing libextractor, the extract tool can be used to obtain metadata from documents. By default, the extract tool uses a canonical set of plugins, which consists of all file-format-specific ...

We’ve been working on a project that explores ways in which we can automatically extract editorial metadata (such as topic, entities, language and tone) from web content. Our aim is to be able ...

ETL, regardless of how many modern systems try to hide it, still matters; and machine learning is a key tool that can help manage the metadata required to keep information accurate, controlled ...

Penetration tester Mike McLaughlin makes use of the FOCA tool as a metadata extractor to show just how much hidden data is actually exposed to the world when users post seemingly innocuous docs ...

Academics from Stanford University in the United States have shown how trivially easy it can be to infer sensitive details about individuals from metadata on their communications. They set out to ...