XAM Publications, Papers, Presentations, Tutorials

XAM Overview Presentations and Papers

• "SNIA's eXtensible Access Method: Value Proposition and Architecture Overview" by David Martin, Oct. 2008 - This SNIA presentation introduces XAM, details the status of the standard, and reviews how a developer can engage with SNIA to implement XAM based on the SDK
• "Long-Term Retention and XAM" by Wayne Adams at IT Expo, 2008 - Discusses XAM in a long-term retention and preservation use-case
• "Storage Developers: It is time to adopt XAM" by Michael Peterson, 2010 - Discusses the benefits and value proposition of XAM implementation for storage developers
• "Application Developers: It is time to adopt XAM" by Michael Peterson, 2010 - Discusses the benefits and value proposition of XAM implementation for application developers
• "XAM: the Next Interface Standard - Empowering Applications" by David Martin, Nov. 2006 - an overview of how XAM empowers applications to provide information and data services and achieve strategic benefits by utilizing XAM
• "The Power of XAM" by Christina Casten, 2006 - A white paper providing history and perspective on the importance of XAM

Implementations with XAM

• "CASPAR: Integration with External Systems" 2009 - Discusses CASPAR's approach to integrating external systems with OAIS, including a preservation data store utilizing a preservation object based on XAM
• "Penn State Archival Storage Prototype Project Final Report" by Mark Sassure and team, 2009 - describes the goals, methodology, and outcomes of this archival storage prototype that utilizes XAM to provide "enhanced storage management" and preservation services

Long-Term Retention and Preservation and XAM

• "XAM In Digital Libraries and Preservation Stores" Michael Peterson, September 2009 - This presentation summarizes the role of XAM and its value propositions in preservation and archival environments
• "Leveraging SNIA XAM for Digital Archives" by Heidi Biggar, 2008 - ESG Commentary on XAM and its role in digital archives.

Medical Records and Electronic Health Records and XAM

• "Electronic Health Records with XAM", February 2010 A white paper explaining the role and value proposition of XAM in medical records environments.
• "Medical & Electronic Healthcare Records: XAM Value Proposition", Michael Peterson, May. 2009 - This presentation summarizes the role of XAM and its value propositions in medical records environments and how XAM is strategic to the Electronic Health Records initiative.

eDiscovery and Litigation Support and XAM

• "XAM in eDiscovery and Litigation Support" Michael Peterson, June 2009 - This presentation summarizes the role of XAM and its value propositions in eDiscovery and litigation support environments.
• "eDiscovery, Litigation Support, and XAM" February 2010 - A white paper explaining the role and value proposition of XAM in eDiscovery and litigation support environments.

Development Resources:

• "Comparing the XAM API with File System Programing", by Stephen Todd, University of New Hampshire, December 2006. This thesis paper describes a XAM simulation framework that allows for the building of XAM applications without the need for actual XAM hardware. It also compares the XAM API to the familiar block file system API. The XAM simulation can form the basis of a robust framework for continuing XAM research. Please note the date of submission was December 2006 and references the XAM Specification submitted to the SNIA as Version 1.1 and 1.2. These versions have been replaced by version 0.6 based on the work of the FCAS TWG over the past nine months. Although some of the examples referenced in this thesis may have change as the result of the FCAS TWG work, the overall content is helpful to developers and consequently has been included for reference.

SNIA Education & Tutorials

• "XAM Software Development Kit" delivered at the Storage Developer's Conference September 2007
• "Technical Council Presentation to OGF on XAM" David Black, 2008 - A briefing to OGF from the SNIA TC on XAM and its implementation