Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: openassetio
Version: 1.0.0a14
Summary: An open-source interoperability standard for tools and content management systems used in media production.
Author-email: Contributors to the OpenAssetIO project <openassetio-discussion@lists.aswf.io>
Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/OpenAssetIO/OpenAssetIO
Project-URL: Documentation, https://openassetio.github.io/OpenAssetIO
Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/OpenAssetIO/OpenAssetIO/issues
Keywords: asset,ams,dam,mam,pipeline,dcc,media,resolver
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Object Brokering
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Filesystems
Requires-Python: >=3.7
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: importlib-metadata >=3.6

In modern creative pipelines, data is often managed by an authoritative system (Asset Management System, Digital Asset Manager, MAM, et. al).

It is common for media creation tools to reference this managed data by its present location in a file system.

OpenAssetIO enables tools to reference managed data by identity (using an "Entity Reference") instead of a file system path.

This is achieved through the definition of a common set of interactions between a host of the API (eg: a Digital Content Creation tool or pipeline script) and an Asset Management System.

This common API surface area removes the need for common pipeline business logic to be re-implemented against the native API of each tool, and allows the tools themselves to design new workflows that streamline the creation of complex assets. 
