Electronic Document Management Systems in 2009 Posted By Daniel Kaiser, Esq. on August 10, 2009
AIIM’S Revised Recommended Practices
Get ready for an acronym or two. Oh what the heck, make it seven. No Glossary Needed (NGN).
In June the non-profit Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), an official ANSI-approved Standards Development Organization, approved and 
released the updated 2009 version of AIIM ARP-1-2009: Recommended Practice – Analysis, Selection, and Implementation of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS).
AIIM focuses on the tools and modes used in Enterprise Content Management (ECM – or elterprise-level data management) standards. This vendor-neutral report was prepared by industry experts and approved under a Standards Board including members of the U.S. District Courts, Microsoft, Adobe Systems Inc., and OpenText. The new practice guidelines address the analysis, selection and implementation procedures associated with electronic document management, starting with a description of the technologies currently being used by companies to store and manage ESI, the report details current industry standards, and finishes up with a review of industry best practices.
In their June 16 report, AIIM quoted former general counsel and securities regulator Virginia Jo Dunlap in stating that “[c]ompanies that will be facing any type of E-Discovery requests should pay close attention to ARP-1 as it provides guidance on the critical first steps toward being able to certify to courts or regulators that the documents produced are accurate.”
A complete copy of this report can be downloaded here.
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