Open sustainable digital preservation We are a global not-for-profit membership organisation working to advance shared standards and solutions for the long-term preservation of digital content.
Explore our open source digital preservation toolset, our member-led development approach, and what’s coming up in our next releases.

A format identification, validation, and characterisation tool

An industry supported PDF/A validator

A command-line tool for file format identification

A validator and feature extractor for JP2 images
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OPF Team
Our small team brings together strategic, technical and creative talent. Get to know who we are and how we can help you.

Julie Allen
Executive Director

Carl Wilson
Technical Lead

Charlotte Armstrong
Content Manager

Darren Dignam
Systems Administrator

Georgia Moppett
Community Officer

Helena Watson
Marketing Officer

Lana Emerson
Office Manager
Board of Directors
Our board represents the voice of our members and plays an important role in shaping the future of the Foundation.

Anna De Sousa
The National Archives UK

Yannick Grandcolas
Bibliothèque nationale de France

Micky Lindlar
Technische Informationsbibliothek

Max Kaiser
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Peter May
(Deputy Chair) British Library

Paul Stokes
Jisc

Jeffrey van der Hoeven
Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Remco van Veenendaal
Nationaal Archief