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The Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) initiative is motivated by the need for a preservation-centric, common approach to filesystem (or cloud / object storage) layout for digital repositories. The goal of this effort is to establish a specified recommendation for such a layout.

Specifications (see https://ocfl.io/)

• OCFL Specification
• OCFL Implementation Notes

Communications

• Email group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ocfl-community
• Slack: Self-register at http://slack.fcrepo.org/ (channel #ocfl)

Meetings

• Editorial Group
• Community

Presentations

• CNI Spring 2019 - OCFL: A Community Developed Approach to Digital Preservation

Related Reading

1. Oxford Common File Layout motivation
2. Oxford Common File Layout discussion paper
3. Moab Design for Digital Object Versioning
4. CDL Namaste
5. CDL BagIt
6. CDL PairTree
7. CDL ReDD
8. Using Moab versioning system for Chronopolis
9. UNT Libraries OAIS Information Package Specification
10. RDFDatabank (What Oxford did 9+ years ago!)
11. Notre Dame adaptation of Moab to immutable bag files
12. Experiences with S3-like object store
13. Preservation Storage Criteria Document
14. UNT Repository Filesystem Layout