Thanks to everyone for pointing
me in the direction of previous announcements etc regarding this work.
I was pretty certain before that
the omission was mine, rather than anyone involved with this (as indicated in
my original email) and that has proved to be the case. It’s the age
old problem of too many things crossing your desk and not enough time to give
them all full attention…
All I need to do now is find the
time to read what looks to be a very interesting set of documents –
particularly those relating to RM standards within office applications.
Best wishes
Steve
From: Archivists, conservators and records
managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew
Wilson
Sent: 31 July 2008 23:28
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New ICA 'Global electronic standard'?
Richard Blake of TNA was a member of the ICA Committee that
developed this specification. The work has been going on since 2005 and has
been publicised in the usual places I believe.
cheers
Andrew Wilson
From: Steve
Bailey - JISC infoNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: New ICA 'Global electronic standard'?
Dear All,
A colleague from Australia sent this to me to see if I knew
anything about it. I must admit it was a new one on me. Were any UK
bodies involved in pulling this together and, if so, was there a consultation
process that I missed?
Apologies if I have overlooked something very
obvious….
Thanks
Steve
Global electronic
standard the way of the future
A multinational team, led by archival institutions in Australia
and New Zealand, has published a global standard for recordkeeping software.
The National Archives of Australia has worked with the
national archives of 11 nations to develop an agreed set of standards for
software products that are used to make and keep records.
Under the auspices of the International Council on Archives,
the team has finalised three related publications under the title Principles
and Functional Requirements for Records in Electronic Office Environments.
They were launched by Dr Lorenza Mikoletzky, President of the International
Council on Archives on Thursday 24 July at the International Congress on
Archives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
'The completion of the project is a milestone for the
archives industry,' said Ross Gibbs, Director-General of the National Archives
of Australia. 'Over the past decade some countries have issued their own
requirements for software to manage electronic records. Now the world's
archival institutions have agreed on a single set of standards.
'This collaboration promises significant benefits to the
software industry, with an agreed set of requirements eliminating the confusion
caused by varying standards.
'The National Archives of Australia is proud to have led the
project, in cooperation with our Australian and New Zealand partner
institutions, particularly Archives New Zealand and Queensland State Archives.
We are particularly excited about the guidelines for managing records in
business systems, which we feel is the way of the future. The drafts generated
significant interest from software vendors, consultants and archivists around
the world, whose comments have been incorporated into the final publications.
'Ultimately, this initiative is all about helping
governments and other organisations to better manage their information assets
in an era of rapidly evolving information and communications technology.'
The International Council on Archives' Principles and
Functional Requirements for Records in Electronic Environments can be
viewed at http://www.ica.org/
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