# OpenTimelineIO

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/academy-software-foundation/opentimelineio/  
**Provider:** Academy Software Foundation — https://apis.io/providers/academy-software-foundation/  
**Documentation:** https://opentimeline.io/

OpenTimelineIO is one of 14 APIs that [Academy Software Foundation](https://apis.io/providers/academy-software-foundation/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Editorial, Timelines, Standards, and Python. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) is an open source API and interchange format for editorial timeline information. It is designed to be more expressive than existing formats while still being easy to read and write, enabling better interoperability between editing tools.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://opentimelineio.readthedocs.io/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenTimelineIO

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## Tags

Editorial, Timelines, Standards, Python

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