Durafile is a digital preservation software solution that aims to prevent digital file obsolescence over time. It works like antivirus software by automatically scanning, protecting, and updating file archives. Durafile identifies files at risk of obsolescence and converts them into standard formats while preserving quality, keeping the originals preserved as well. It is available in home and enterprise versions to allow personal users and organizations to ensure long-term access to multimedia and document files. Durafile was developed with funding from the European Union and involves an experts community who contribute digital preservation plans to improve the software.

1. YEARS
Digital
Preserva-on
as
a
Service
(SaaS)

2. OUR VISION
• Digital preservation requires a lot of work and it has
disproportionate costs
• We bet in making all users to help in the digital
preservation task
• We need experts involved in creating digital
preservation plans
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3. • Software solution for ensuring that digital
information of continuing value remains accessible
and usable over time
• Prevents the obsolescence of the multimedia and
text files for home and professional users
• Identifies and convert out-date files or files with risk
of obsolescence automatically into standard formats
preserving the quality
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5. FEATURES OF DURAFILE
• Similar to anti-virus software working as Dropbox
• Automatically scans, protecting and updating file
archives
• Obsolete originals will be preserved, together with a
copy converted into updated, standard format
• A very easy to use tool
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6. WHY WE ARE NOVEL?
• We use social search in an agent environment
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7. DURAFILE - VERSIONS
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• H o m e Ve r s i o n . Pe r s o n a l
Multimedia data (family pictures,
music collection) can now all be
kept thanks to DURAFILE.
• Enterprise Version. Dedicated
server for organizations that must
ensure access to all legal
documents including high security
issues.

8. DURAFILE - USERS
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• Personal User. Home user that wants to preserve
their multimedia files.
• Enterprise User. Professional user that needs to
handle a large amount of multimedia information
with high security issues.
• Expert User. Experienced personal user that wants
to help others creating new Digital Preservation
Plans.

9. DURAFILE - ARCHITECTURE
9
Experts
Community
STANDARD
VERSION
Personal
Users
Experts*
Company
Users
DURAFILE
SERVER
RECIPE
SERVER
COMPANY
SERVER
WS-­‐Security
WS-­‐Security
WS-­‐Security
PreservaMon
Recipes
Requests
PreservaMon
Recipes
Requests
ENTERPRISE
VERSION
*
Experts
can
be
personal
or
company
users
with
the
same
DURAFILE
desktop
applica?on
but
in
expert
mode
with
DURAFILE
soQware
Social
collabora?on

10. DURAFILE – HOW IT LOOKS
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11. DURAFILE – HOW IT LOOKS
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12. WHAT CAN YOU DO?
• Once available, Join to the Experts Community
§ Contribute
to
DURAFILE
creaMng
new
digital
preservaMon
plans
to
be
the
perfect
tool
for
preserving
your
Digital
Media
§ Exchange
your
knowledge
with
other
experts
§ Learn
from
other
experts
• Or get the standard version for preserving your
personal media!
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13. DURAFILE PROJECT
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This
project
has
received
funding
from
the
European
Union’s
Seventh
Framework
Programme
for
research,
technological
development
and
demonstraMon
under
grant
agreement
number
605356

14. More
info
at:
h^p://www.durafile.eu

15. TIFF/A Standard Initiative
• Easy Innova is leading a group of experts working in
the specification of a Archival TIFF Format: TIFF/A
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16. GET INVOLVED!
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