AMWA promotes industry standards that allow diverse devices to discover and interoperate with each other reliably and securely.
[3][4] AMWA's Framework for Interoperable Media Service (FIMS) integrates a common approach to integrate hardware devices and software components in TV production facilities [5] [6] Networked Media Open Specifications (NMOS) provide discovery, registration and control services for the SMPTE ST 2110 media over IP protocol suite, and other media over IP applications.
AAF provides cross-platform data interchange, designed for the video post-production and authoring environment.
[9][10][11] AAF and Material Exchange Format (MXF) are successors to Open Media Framework (OMF).
[12] The AMWA began in January 2000 as the Advanced Authoring Format Association.