The group designs and publishes infrastructure technologies and licenses for the distribution and storage of assets in digitally abundant environments. Its work focuses on creating open specifications and supporting tools and software that enable resilient, federated systems capable of moving and preserving content at scale while remaining independent of any single point of failure or proprietary control.

Guided by a commitment to freedom and authenticity, the group produces the foundational designs that partner commercial companies and organizations then implement and operate. By concentrating on clear, durable specifications rather than development itself, Working Group 42 ensures that the resulting systems can remain open, verifiable, and durable in the digital environment.