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+1. "_file-metadata": has information regarding how this fingerprint was created
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+2. "db-metadata": contains the sql create statements for each table in the database
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+3. "db-metadata-hashes": contains the md5 hashes of each create statement (for quicker comparisons of fingerprints)
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+4. "table": is the database schema in a hash format to be loaded into the fingerprint program
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