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The DLM Forum usually holds member meetings twice a year; generally these meetings are held in the country then holding the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]]. It also organises a major conference every three years; these conferences generally attract about 300 to 400 delegates from [[Europe]] and elsewhere. Recent conferences have been held in:
The DLM Forum usually holds member meetings twice a year; generally these meetings are held in the country then holding the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]]. It also organises a major conference every three years; these conferences generally attract about 300 to 400 delegates from [[Europe]] and elsewhere. Recent conferences have been held in:
* [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]), 2002<ref>DLM Forum Conference Barcelona, Proceedings. European Commission, INsAR supplement VII, Brussels-Luxembourg, 2002, [http://www.project-consult.net/Files/DLM Conference 2002.pdf Proceedings]</ref>
* [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]), 2002
* [[Budapest]] ([[Hungary]]), 2005
* [[Budapest]] ([[Hungary]]), 2005
* [[Toulouse]] ([[France]]), 2008<ref>DLM Forum Conference Toulouse 2008, Actes des colloques / Proceedings, Archives de France, Paris, 2009, [http://www.project-consult.net/Files/DLM-Forum_Toulouse_2008_1.pdf Vol 1], [http://www.project-consult.net/Files/DLM-Forum_Toulouse_2008_2.pdf Vol.2]</ref>
* [[Toulouse]] ([[France]]), 2008


Numerous papers and presentations from conferences and member meetings are published on the DLM Forum website<ref>[http://dlmforum.typepad.com/dlm_forum_meetings Presentations of past membership meetings]</ref>.
Numerous papers and presentations from conferences and member meetings are published on the DLM Forum website<ref>[http://dlmforum.typepad.com/dlm_forum_meetings Presentations of past membership meetings]</ref>.

Revision as of 15:28, 8 September 2009

The DLM Forum is a European membership community of Public Archives and parties interested in archives, records and information management throughout the European Union. Membership is open to all.

History

The DLM Forum was established in 1994 by the European Commission. It is based on the conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 1994[1] concerning greater cooperation in the field of archives.

Meaning of the DLM acronym

Originally DLM was an acronym for 'Données Lisibles par Machine'[2]. At its 2003 conference in Barcelona (Spain) a resolution was passed changing this, so DLM now stands for 'Document Lifecycle Management'[3].

Objectives

According to its constitution[4] (paragraph 3c), one of the DLM Forum's goals is: 'to provide technology and knowledge transfer and information services, appropriate practice guidelines, benchmark indicators and information, educational, skills development and research opportunities.' The constitution also defines (in paragraph 4) other objectives: '(a) To provide for information services (on-line information portal, list-serv, publications, discussions forum, news, dynamic document archive); (b) To provide for technology & knowledge transfer (technology watch, standards, legislation and policy monitoring, consultancy, connecting technology providers with users, partnership development); (c) To provide for education & skills development (conferences, seminars and exhibitions, workshops and training sessions, managed learning environments); (d) To provide for research (user needs analysis, economic modeling, ontology development, knowledge engineering, classification, information retrieval).'

Achievements

The most visible achievements of the DLM Forum are the creation of the European MoReq records management standard, funded by the European Commission. The abbreviation 'MoReq' is a contraction of 'Model Requirements for the management of electronic records'. The first MoReq requirements document, today known as MoReq1, was published in 2001[5]. MoReq rapidly gained acceptance across Europe and beyond. It has been translated into at least ten languages[6], some of which are from outside the European Union. The enhanced successor document MoReq2 was published in 2008[7]. Both documents have achieved the status of de facto standards, without the backing of any formal standards body. MoReq2 was enhanced by a test framework and a records management software certification programme.

Other publications[8] of the DLM Forum include 'Guidelines on best practices for using electronic information'[9], seven DLM Whitepapers[10] and Proceedings of the DLM-Forum 2002[11].

Operation of the DLM Forum

Any person or organisation can apply to join the DLM Forum; membership is subject to payment of an annual fee[12]. In 2008 there about 60 members, including national archives, consultancies, academic institutions, records management software vendors and end-user organisations.

The DLM Forum is governed by its Executive Committee, which consists of 7 to 9 elected members. The legel entity of the DLM Forum ist the DLM Network EEIG. The current chair of the DLM Forum Executive Committee is Toivo Jullinen, National Archives of Estonia. The DLM Forum established in 2008 a MoReq Governance Board for the maintenance and control of the MoReq2 standard and certification process.

The DLM Forum usually holds member meetings twice a year; generally these meetings are held in the country then holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It also organises a major conference every three years; these conferences generally attract about 300 to 400 delegates from Europe and elsewhere. Recent conferences have been held in:

Numerous papers and presentations from conferences and member meetings are published on the DLM Forum website[15].

References

  1. ^ Resolution 94/C 235/03
  2. ^ French for 'machine-readable data'
  3. ^ History of the DLM Forum and MoReq
  4. ^ DLM Forum Constitution
  5. ^ MoReq, ISBN 92-894-1290-9, download
  6. ^ MoReq project website with translations and additional documents
  7. ^ MoReq2 ISBN 978-92-79-09772-0, DOI 10.2792/11981, download
  8. ^ Overview about publications of the DLM Forum and MoReq
  9. ^ Guidelines on best practices for using electronic information, ISBN 92-828-2285-0, available in English, German and French
  10. ^ AIIM/DLM whitepapers on Document Lifecycle Management published in 2002/2003 in English/German, ISBN 3-936534-00-4
  11. ^ Proceedings of the DLM-Forum 2002, ISBN 92-824-4415-0
  12. ^ DLM Forum membership fees 2008
  13. ^ DLM Forum Conference Barcelona, Proceedings. European Commission, INsAR supplement VII, Brussels-Luxembourg, 2002, Conference 2002.pdf Proceedings
  14. ^ DLM Forum Conference Toulouse 2008, Actes des colloques / Proceedings, Archives de France, Paris, 2009, Vol 1, Vol.2
  15. ^ Presentations of past membership meetings

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