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CHECKVER Keyword

The value field of the CHECKVER keyword shall contain a string, unique in the first 8 characters, which distinguishes between any future alternative checksum algorithms which may be defined. The default value for a missing keyword shall be 'COMPLEMENT' which will represent the algorithm defined in this paper. It is recommended that this keyword be omitted from headers which implement the default ASCII encoded 32-bit 1's complement algorithm.