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If the join is in the middle of a metadata section such as in figure 9.4, the
structural template can be applied to identify a fragment with a valid structure
and syntax to follow the fragment. The header section of image records contain
fixed metadata structure; this allows the type of structure to be identified from
the first fragment and the template to be applied until the end of the fragment.
Each remaining fragment can then be assessed to see if it is valid based on the
remainder of the structural template being applied. In the example shown in
figure 9.4 the template finishes part way through a variable and this is matched
to a fragment which fits the remainder of the structure.
Figure 9-5: Reassembling an image fragment
If the fragments join in the middle of image data like the example shown in
figure 9.5 then image fragment reassembly methods would need to be
employed to identify suitable candidates. Firstly if the fragment which contained
the size of the image data was available it would be possible to identify the total
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