He led development of the widely used PRONOM file format registry and associated DROID software tool.
He led the development of the PRONOM file format registry and the associated DROID (Digital Record Object IDentification) software tool.
[1] PRONOM and DROID were made freely available, and are used by the main open source and commercial digital repository systems worldwide.
[1] Brown has been recognized for his contributions as a digital preservation team member at the TNA and Planets Project.
In 2015 he received the Emmett Leahy Award for innovation, dedication and excellence in records and information management.
[3] Brown's 2013 Practical Digital Preservation: A How-To Guide for Organizations of Any Size has been described as "an excellent resource for any archivist interested in digital preservation ... vastly informative for administrators involved in developing policies ..."[4] Other publications include:[5]