Victorian Electronic Records Strategy - Forever Digital

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Introduction

Standard
(Version 1)
  Specification 1
  Specification 2
  Specification 3

Standard
(Version 2)
  Specification 1
  Specification 2
  Specification 3
  Specification 4
  Specification 5
  Advice 9
  Advice 10
  Advice 11
  Advice 12
  Advice 13
  Advice 14

Home > Standard > Standard (Version 2) > Advice 9 > Preservation Approach

4 Preservation Approach

There are five main challenges when preserving electronic records over a long period. These are:

program obsolescence
loss of record context, authenticity and integrity
media failure
reliability
loss of recordkeeping system.

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