Arhivski vjesnik, Vol. 46 No. 1, 2003.
Conference paper
MoReq and records management
Tomislav Ćepulić
Abstract
MoReq Specification (Model Requirements for the management of electronic records) was created in 2001 by Cornwell Affiliates plc for the European Commission Enterprise Directorate General and its IDA (Interchange of Data between Administrations) programme. Project team consisted of records management experts from several countries. The authors used many relevant standards, guidelines and metadata sets, such as ISO 15489 standard, Dublin Core Metadata Set and archival standard ISAD(G). Although the specification was created for use within the European Union, it is applicable in other countries as well.
Although the title of the specification suggests that it applies only to electronic records, it also covers electronic management of physical records. Authors of the specification divided requirements for electronic management systems into three groups: functional requirements, relating to basic functions of an electronic records management system; non-functional requirements, important for interchange of data between the system and its users or other systems; metadata requirements, defining a set of metadata that should be created and managed by the system.
Absence of a certification programme is the main hindrance to a wider adoption of this specification. Thus it is impossible to prove compliance of any records management system with the specification.
Current Croatian records management regulations are very vague when it comes to electronic records. As the use of electronic records is inevitably spreading, some sort of regulation is necessary in order to protect the records. Accepting MoReq as a national standard, or creating a customized specification based on MoReq are possible ways of solving this problem.
Keywords
records management; office handling; electronic records; metadata; electronic records management systems
Hrčak ID:
7369
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Publication date:
26.3.2004.
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