Open Preservation Foundation Open software and standards are key to long-term digital access. The OPF provides expertise and support, empowering the digital preservation community to develop sustainable resources.

Explore our open source digital preservation toolset, our member-led development approach, and what’s coming up in our next releases.

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The file format identification, validation, and characterisation tool


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The industry supported PDF/A validator


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Our file format identification tool


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JPEG2000 JP2 image validator


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A virtual machine with open source preservation software


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OpenDocument Format Validator


Arlington

Arlington PDF Model checker

Check out these other Projects and Initiatives we are fully committed to

E-ARK

E-ARK

The E-ARK project is working with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to develop the eArchiving Building Block.


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PAR

The Preservation Action Registries (PAR) is a collaborative project working to share good practice across disparate digital preservation systems using common syntax and protocols.


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ViPER Partnership

We are working with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (DDHN) to develop Viper, a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) with preservation tools.


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ODF Validator

OpenDocument Format Validator (OPF ODF Validator) enables your organisation to validate the file format standard and a set of file format policy rules created for improving the preservation effort of any files saved in the OpenDocument Format.

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