“The standard forms the foundation for the introduction of Electronic Records Management as part of e-governance in India and defines the paradigm for creating trusted digital repositories for digital preservation,” shared Dr. Dinesh Katre, Associate Director and Head of Department - Human-Centred Design and Computing Group at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
Developed by the R&D team at C-DAC’s Centre of Excellence for Digital Preservation, the guidelines and standards will ensure that electronic records are produced in a preservable manner. They will be applicable to all e-government initiatives at the Centre and State level in India.
Once implemented, the standards will enable seamless sharing of information, and interoperability and use of data across systems in the long term, Katre said. They will also address the issue of technology lock-ins by promoting the use of open standards.
“It took two years of painstaking study, a series of reviews through expert committees from government as well as industry and collaborative research to evolve the notified standard. This is a key achievement which will see our citizens benefit from the myriad e-governance projects in the future,” he highlighted.
Proper management of digital information is crucial for the spread of e-government and digitisation across the country, as access and readability of electronic records is constantly threatened by rapidly changing technologies and digital obsolescence. This can lead to loss of valuable information, intellectual property and heritage.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Medha Basu
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 17.01.2014
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