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Metadata Catalogue Entry - Cross Government Major

EDRM
This information was last updated on 24/10/2007, and is revision number 1.

Type

 Format

Title

 EDRM Metadata Standard

Purpose

 Management, discovery, helps ascertain evidential weight

Version

 3

Current status

 Full Version

Location

 http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/Records_management_metadata_standard_2002.pdf

Custodian

 The National Archives

Development

It was produced in consultation with a working group from various government departments, National Archives of Scotland, National Assembly for Wales, Scottish Parliament and Conwell Management Consultants. The former e-Government Unit agreed to incorporate this standard into version 2 of the e-GMS. TNA have developed associated XML schemas for the purpose of exchanging metadata between EDRM systems

License

 Crown copyright. Reuse encouraged - available for download without licence or payment.

Conforms

 e-GMS and e-GIF guidelines

How Implemented

· Allows joining up of information systems

· Supports retrieval of information

· Supports management of official information

· Promotes reuse of information

· facilitates interoperability

Benefits

 All ERM systems approved against the 2002 requirements had to conform to the standard. There are approximately 60 central government departments and agencies using these systems and 33 local authorities (source - http://www.brent.gov.uk/egr.nsf/SCV?ReadForm&View=ProdByType&Category=Records+Management). There approximately 100 more (source - http://www.brent.gov.uk/egr.nsf/SCV?ReadForm&View=ProdByType&Category=Records+Management) who are using just the document management features of these products which will conform in part to the standard.