XSI Database was started by Eric Thivierge in late July 2007, in an effort to provide the Softimage XSI user community with a web site full of resources. This web site would provide a place where users could upload and download useful addons, material presets, scripts, and more to use within Softimage XSI. The site will host the files direclty on its server so in the event that the developer's web site is taken down or goes down the resource will still be available.