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Standard for the Management of Electronic Records PROS 99/007 (Version 1)

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Victorian Electronic Records Strategy

3.0 Electronic Records

4.0 Electronic Records Format

5.0 Common Structure for Electronic Records
5.1 Content
5.2 Metadata (Context)

6.0 VERS Compliance

7.0 Further Reading

8.0 Acknowledgments

9.0 Glossary

10.0 Establishment of standard

Appendix One: Role and responsibilities of Public Record Office Victoria

Appendix Two: Electronic Records and the Law
1. Paper Records
2. Issues with moving from paper to electronic records
3. Admissibility of Electronic Records
4. Weight of Electronic Records
5. Digital Signatures in Lieu of Handwritten Signatures
6. Summary


Under section 12 of the Public Records Act 1973, the Keeper of Public Records is responsible for the establishment of standards for the efficient management of public records and for assisting public officers to apply those standards to records under their control. Officers in charge of public offices are responsible under section 13 of the Act for carrying out, with the advice and assistance of the Keeper, a programme of records management in accordance with the standards established under section 12 of the Act.

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