DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The present disclosure describes a digital asset management system directed to a portable container, decentralized, and distributed database approach to asset management. The digital asset management system described is also directed to a system that is designed to be format-neutral and compatible with any file formats available in the art. In an implementation, the digital asset management system includes an importer module configured to import one or more files for storage in a storage volume. A metadata module creates metadata for the imported files and attaches the metadata to the imported files. A distributor module configured to direct the one or more files to a container included in the storage volume. The digital asset management system also includes an editor module configured to create a compressed proxy version of an original source file of at least one of the files for proxy editing.