XAM Programs

The core mission of the XAM Initiative is to drive adoption of the eXensible Application Method (XAM) specification. The Initiative serves a XAM community that includes storage vendors, independent software vendors, and end users to ensure that the specification fulfills market needs for a reference information management interface standard. For more information please contact Co-Chairs Christina Casten or David Martin.

• The SNIA Fixed Content Aware Storage Technical Work Group (FCAS TWG) is chartered to serve as a center of technical activities such as developing specification(s) related to new application-level interfaces for storage of unchanging data (fixed content) and associated metadata
• The SNIA Software Development Kit Technical Working Group (XAM SDK TWG) is chartered to develop SNIA Software which implements current and future versions of the Fixed Content Aware Storage (FCAS) TWG XAM Specification(s)

Additionally, the XAM Initiative will coordinate activities with the SNIA Data Management Forum (DMF), where the Long Term Archive and Compliance Initiative (LTACSI) is working on best practices and market requirements for archives, migration methods, and compliance.

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