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6.3 Conditional compliance

In addition to the levels discussed in the previous two sections, compliance to the following features is conditional.

6.3.1 Structured documents

This optional level of compliance allows the ability to structure the documents contained within a record. This requires the following characteristics:

• The ability to structure the documents within a record as described in PROS 99/007 Specification 2: VERS Metadata Scheme.

This optional feature may be used with export compliance and native compliance (Version 2).

6.3.2 Import (Version 1)

This optional level of compliance allows the ability to import VEOs generated by a Version 1 VERS compliant recordkeeping system. This requires the following characteristics:

• The capacity to import records and folders (files) as VERS Encapsulated Objects according to PROS 99/007 Specification 3: VERS Standard Electronic Record Format, including the ability to handle 'onion' records.

This optional feature may be used with export compliance and native compliance (Version 2).

The ability to import VEOs does not imply the ability to handle VEOs natively; the information in the VEO may be extracted into the internal data structures of the recordkeeping system.

6.3.3 Import (Version 2)

This optional level of compliance allows the ability to import VEOs generated by a Version 1 or Version 2 VERS compliant recordkeeping system. This requires the following characteristics:

• The capacity to import records and folders (files) as VERS Encapsulated Objects according to PROS 99/007 Specification 3: VERS Standard Electronic Record Format (including the ability to handle both 'onion' records and modified VEOs). This optional feature may be used with Export Compliance and Native Compliance (Version 2).

The ability to import VEOs does not imply the ability to handle VEOs natively; the information in the VEO may be extracted into the internal data structures of the recordkeeping system.

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