AIIM Releases Guidelines for Electronic Document Management Systems

July 4, 2006

The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) released the AIIM Recommended Practice, Analysis, Selection, and Implementation Guidelines Associated with Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS).

This third version of the report presents a set of procedures and activities which should be considered and/or performed during aspects of analyzing, selecting and implementing electronic document management systems.

The AIIM recommended practice was drafted by AIIM's Implementation Guidelines committee that includes representatives from federal, state and local government agencies, as well as end-users from commercial organizations.

"From the initial release of this document, we continue to hear an overwhelming need for documents like this that lay out the implementation process in an easy to understand manner," said Robert Blatt, EID Inc. "As organizations continue to evaluate and implement document management technologies, the demand for vendor-neutral information increases. The intent of this document is to provide a road map for organizations world-wide to make smart technology decisions through the detailed information about the technologies used in document management, how the technologies work together and the associated industry standards and guidelines."

The AIIM Standards Program will update the document frequently as new standards and technologies are adopted, ensuring that the best vendor-neutral information is available providing end-users with a way to gain the knowledge necessary to select and implement the technologies that meet their organizations' strategic objectives.

This document is based on the national and international standards development work conducted in the AIIM Standards Program. It was developed under AIIM's recommended practices process that allows standards to be developed using web-based collaborative tools and made available in electronic format on the web for free, to help address the needs of the content management industry.

AIIM Recommended Practice, Analysis, Selection, and Implementation Guidelines Associated with Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) (ARP-1-2006) is available on AIIM's web site at www.aiim.org/standards.asp?ID=28639.

Source: The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM).