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.
The file format identification, validation, and characterisation tool
The industry supported PDF/A validator
Our file format identification tool
JPEG2000 JP2 image validator
A virtual machine with open source preservation software
OpenDocument Format Validator
Arlington PDF Model checker
Check out these other Projects and Initiatives we are fully committed to
E-ARK
The E-ARK project is working with the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to develop the eArchiving Building Block.
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.
ViPER Partnership
We are working with the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (DDHN) to develop Viper, a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) with preservation tools.
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.