BS ISO 11506:2017 specifies techniques for archiving electronic data to ensure their long-term integrity, accessibility, usability, readability and reliability, in order to protect the evidential value of the data.

In this document, long term is considered to be a period of time lasting more than a century (see ISO 18911).

Black-and-white microforms processed with liquid chemicals are used in this document because the result is always an irreversible record and because of the proven quality of microforms as a long-term preservation media.

This document also specifies procedures for the parallel recording, by a single production unit, of COM and COLD output from the same data.

It applies to many different types of electronic data, such as text and two-dimensional graphic data which can be represented as a black-and-white image.

It is not applicable to the following:

• animated images or sounds;
• three-dimensional images;
• images in shades of grey or in colour;
• X-ray images.

Neither is this document applicable to microforms created from dry thermal processes, since they offer insufficient guarantees in terms of irreversibility and longevity.


Cross References:
ISO 6196-2:1993
ISO 8514-1:2000
BS ISO 6196-1:1993
ISO 6196-3:1997
ISO 6196-7:1992
ISO 11928-2:2000
ISO 8514-2:2000
ISO 18917:1999
ISO 11928-1:2000
ISO 14648-1:2001 Ed 1
ISO 14648-2:2001 Ed 1
ISO 6196-1:1993
ISO 18901:2010 Ed 2
ISO 6196-4:1998
ISO 6196-8:1998
ISO 18911:2010 Ed 2
ISO 6586
ISO 15489-1:2016
ISO 13008:2012
ISO 18909:2006 Ed 1 (R10)
ISO/TR 12037:1998
ISO 12040:1997 (R09)


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