NDSA:Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013

Webinar on the Archive eXchange Format by Brian Campanotti, Chief Technical Officer, Front Porch Digital

This presentation delivered a detailed technical overview of the emerging Archive eXchange Format (AXF) standard for long-term tape and disk-based content storage, preservation, and transport. AXF is an open format that supports interoperability among disparate content storage systems, and ensures the content's long-term availability no matter how storage or file system technologies evolve.

Brian Campanotti is the Chief Technical Officer for Front Porch Digital. He was the primary inventor of the Archive eXchange Format (AXF) and has been active in standards body activities helping to promote innovation and openness in the industry for more than two decades. Mr. Campanotti and his team have won Emmy Awards for their work in content collection preservation technologies and for innovation in serial digital video technology. Mr. Campanotti has founded several start-ups and began his career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.

On the Call:

• Brian Campanotti, Front Porch Digital (presenter)
• Barrie Howard, Library of Congress (facilitator)
• five anonymous call-in participants
• Adam Jansen, Hawaii State Archives
• Carol Kussmann, University of Minnesota
• Chad Garrett, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Dave MacCarn, WGBH
• Ed Busch, Michigan State University
• Elizabeth Perkes, Utah State Archives
• James Snyder, Library of Congress
• Jane Zhang, Catholic University of America
• Jim Harper, PFA Inc.
• Jimi Jones, Hampshire College
• John Doyle, National Library of Medicine
• Karen Cariani, WGBH
• Kate Murray, Library of Congress
• Leah Prescott, Georgetown Law Library
• Linda Reib, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
• Martin Jacobson, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
• Matt Schultz, Educopia Institute
• Nick Krabbenhoeft, Educopia Institute
• Shawn Nicholson, Michigan State University
• Stephen Abrams, California Digital Library
• Steve Lowry, FamilySearch.org
• Jane Mandelbaum, Library of Congress
  
  

File:AXF Slides Campanotti-20131126.pdf