[TIKA-1843] Tika parser for SEG-Y files and new MIME type application/segy

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: mime, parser
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Giovanni Usai
• Created: 29/Jan/16 14:48
• Updated: 01/Feb/16 16:02

Description

This ticket refers to the parsing of SEG-Y files (extensions .seg, .segy and .sgy).
The SEG-Y format is used to store seismic data, you can find more information here http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-326/HTML/FILEFORM.HTM.

I have:

• added a new MIME type application/segy matching the file name extensions .segy, .seg and .sgy.
• created a new SEGYParser, matching that MIME type.

In order to parse the SEG-Y files, I am using a modified version of the sigrun code (available under Apache license, here https://github.com/mikhail-aksenov/sigrun). Notably I have done a fix and changed some method signatures to be able to read from a ReadableByteChannel instead of FileChannel.
For the moment I have put it directly into the new Tika's segy package. Is this the right thing to do or should I reference it as external library thus modifying the pom.xml?

Thanks and best regards,
Giovanni