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Management of Electronic Records PROS 99/007
(Version 2)
The Victorian Electronic Records Strategy
(VERS)
NEW! (24.01.2007) A VERS Toolkit has been released. This model Java code for creating VEOs and manifests is available for download and use in your products at no cost. See below.
(14.08.2006) Specification 4 has been updated to add four new long term
preservation formats: PDF/A, JPEG, JPEG-2000, and MPEG-4. Specification 5 has been updated to take
into account changes necessary to export to PROV's new digital archive.
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. There are also six Advices
that describe aspect of VERS. The relationship between the VERS Standard,
the Specifications that support this Standard, and the Introduction and
Advices that explain VERS is shown below.
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The Standard, Specifications, and Advices
- Management of Electronic Records PDF
(768 KB) / HTML
- Introduction to VERS PDF (930
KB) / HTML
- Specification 1: System Requirements for Preserving Electronic Records
PDF (606 KB) / HTML
- Specification 2: VERS Metadata Scheme PDF
(1010 KB) / HTML
- Specification 3: VERS Standard Electronic Record Format PDF
(621 KB) / HTML
- Specification 4: VERS Long Term Preservation Formats PDF
(362 KB) / HTML
- Specification 5: Export of Electronic Records to PROV PDF
(375 KB) / HTML
- Advice 10 on Specification 1 (System Requirements for Preserving Electronic
Records) PDF (901 KB) /
HTML
- Advice 11 on Specification 2 (VERS Metadata Scheme) PDF
(978 KB) / HTML
- Advice 12 on Specification 3 (VERS Standard Electronic Record Format)
PDF (1057 KB) / HTML
- Advice 13 on Specification 4 (VERS Long Term Preservation Formats)
PDF (361 KB) / HTML
- Advice 14 on Specification 5 (Export of Electronic Records to PROV)
PDF (792 KB) / HTML
An explanation of the purpose of each of these documents
can be found here.
- Errata to the VERS
Standard Version 2 PDF
(520 KB)
This document contains minor changes and clarifications
to all section of the VERS Standard Version 2 including the Specifications
and the Advice.
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Technical support
- VERS Toolkit
The toolkit has been developed to assist developers in adding VERS capabilities to their products. It consists of two parts. The first constructs version 2 VEOs, including the digital signatures, and the second generates manifests. The toolkit can be incorporated in your product, or used as model code for the development of your own code. It is written in Java 1.4.
The toolkit is available at no cost 'as is' with no warranties. The license is available here.
Download
Any comments or questions should be directed to
Andrew Waugh (andrew.waugh@prov.vic.gov.au)
- VERS Document Type Definition
- Manifest
- Sample VEOs
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