scope:

This Technical Report describes the implementation and operation of information management systems which store information electronically and where the issues of trustworthiness, reliability, authenticity and integrity are important. The whole life cycle of a stored electronic document is covered, from initial capture to eventual destruction. This Technical Report is for use with any information management system, including traditional document imaging, workflow and COLD/ERM technologies, and using any type of electronic storage medium including WORM and rewritable technologies. Image files may potentially contain any type of data: for example, correspondence, forms, drawings. This Technical Report covers all such image files, whether created and/or imported directly or through a network, from the time at which the system assumes control of the image file. This Technical Report does not cover processes used to evaluate the authenticity of information prior to it being stored or imported into the system. However, it can be used to demonstrate that output from the system is a true reproduction of the original document. Where in this document the term system is used, it should be taken as meaning the information management system that is being reviewed, unless otherwise stated.