Victorian Electronic Records Strategy


VERS STORY	STANDARD	ASSESSMENT	PROJECTS	DIGITAL ARCHIVE	TRAINING	TOOLKIT	PUBLICATIONS

Introduction

Standard
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Standard
(Version 2)
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  Specification 3
  Specification 4
  Specification 5
  Advice 9
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  Advice 11
  Advice 12
  Advice 13
  Advice 14

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1 Introduction

The Victorian Electronic Records Strategy (VERS) addresses the cost-effective, long-term, preservation of electronic records.

The structure and requirements of VERS are formally specified in the Standard for the Management of Electronic Records (PROS 99/007) and its five technical specifications.

This Advice provides background to the Standard. It covers

the history of the VERS project
the preservation theory behind VERS
how the five specifications support the preservation theory
a brief introduction to the VERS Encapsulated Object (VEO).

In this document we distinguish between the record and the content of the record. The content is the actual information contained in the record; for example, the report or the image. The record as a whole contains the record content and metadata that contains information about the record, including its context, description, history, and integrity control.

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