title: The Oxford Common File Layout: A Common Approach to Digital Preservation
creators: Andrew Hankinson Donald Brower Neil Jeffries Rosalyn Metz Julian Morley Simeon Warner Andrew Woods
abstract: <p>This is a copy of the article found in the<em> Publications - </em>Open Access Journal:<br>
  <em>Publications</em>&nbsp;<strong>2019</strong>,&nbsp;<em>7</em>(2), 39;&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7020039">https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7020039</a><br>
  Received: 1 March 2019 / Revised: 24 April 2019 / Accepted: 23 May 2019 / Published: 4 June 2019<br>
  (This article belongs to the Special Issue&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/publications/special_issues/OR2018">Selected Papers from Open Repositories 2018</a>)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Abstract:</strong> The Oxford Common File Layout describes a shared approach to filesystem layouts for<br>
  institutional and preservation repositories, providing recommendations for how digital repository<br>
  systems should structure and store files on disk or in object stores. The authors represent institutions<br>
  where digital preservation practices have been established and proven over time or where significant<br>
  work has been done to flesh out digital preservation practices. A community of practitioners is<br>
  surfacing and is assessing successful preservation approaches designed to address a spectrum of use<br>
  cases. With this context as a background, the Oxford Common File Layout (OCFL) will be described<br>
  as the culmination of over two decades of experience with existing standards and practices.</p>
keywords: digital preservation digital repositories digital objects object stores storages