ISO 11506:2017

Document management applications — Archiving of electronic data — Computer output microform (COM)/Computer output laser disc (COLD)

Publication date:   Jul 27, 2017

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90.93 Standard confirmed   Dec 8, 2022

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ISO/TC 171/SC 1 Quality, preservation and integrity of information

International Standard

37.080   Document imaging applications

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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 ISO 11506:2017, 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 ISO 11506:2017 because the result is always an irreversible record and because of the proven quality of microforms as a long-term preservation media.
ISO 11506:2017 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 ISO 11506:2017 applicable to microforms created from dry thermal processes, since they offer insufficient guarantees in terms of irreversibility and longevity.

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ISO 11506:2009

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ISO 11506:2017
90.93 Standard confirmed
Dec 8, 2022