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In January, the CEF eArchiving Building Block held a three-day workshop to showcase how eArchiving is tackling the issues of long-term accessibility of information. Aimed…

veraPDF 1.18.2-RC is now available for community testing. veraPDF is an open source, industry-supported PDF/A validator and part of the OPF reference toolset.This release includes…

The Digital Information LifeCycle Interoperability Standards Board (DILCIS Board) are seeking reviewers for eArchiving guidelines complementing the specifications.Originally created by the E-ARK project, these specifications…
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A collaborative blogpost by Dave Rice (MediaArea), Merle Friedrich and Miriam Reiche (Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)) Introduction The Digital Preservation and Conservation teams of the TIB…

This month we interviewed Paul Stokes, who has been acting Chair of the OPF board for the last three months:Tell us a bit about yourself…

I can’t believe it was 10 years ago that the OPF was founded! As 2020 draws to a close, I have been reflecting on some…