Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM)
An update to MoReq: MoReq2
We are proud to announce that Cornwell Management Consultants plc, Europe's leading supplier of independent consultancy in electronic document and records management, has been awarded the European Commission contract to define the next generation of the Model Requirements for Electronic Records Management specification, known as MoReq2.
MoReq2 will be available free of charge early in 2008. For more information on MoReq2, or to register your interest in providing input throughout the MoReq2 development phase, please visit www.moreq2.eu.
Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records (MoReq)
The rest of this page contains information about MoReq and offers the facility to download copies of MoReq, in several languages.
The MoReq Specification is a model specification of requirements for Electronic Records Management Systems (ERMS). It was produced by Cornwell Management Consultants plc at the request of the European Commission and was designed to be easily used throughout Europe.
It is applicable for:
- Potential ERMS users: as a basis for preparing an invitation to tender
- ERMS users: as a basis for auditing or checking an existing ERMS
- Training organisations: as a reference document for preparing records management training, and as course material
- Academic institutions: as a teaching resource
- ERMS suppliers and developers: to guide product development by highlighting functionality required
- Records management service providers: to guide the nature of the service to be provided
- Potential users of outsourced record management services: as an aid in specifying the services to be procured
It is available as a Microsoft Word document to enable customisation of the specification. For those without access to Microsoft Word, or who do not wish to customise it, it is available as an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
MoReq is now used throughout the world and is freely available electronically and on paper in a variety of forms and languages as shown here.
Cornwell and MoReq
Cornwell is the centre of expertise on MoReq. As the architects and developers of MoReq, we have the greatest concentration of expertise and understanding concerning MoReq and its use. We frequently use MoReq in consultancy assignments and have an in-depth understanding of its structure and detail and its relationship with other key national and international standards.
Cornwell consultants are now intensely engaged with the DLM Forum, which is planning to update and enhance MoReq.
MoReq on Paper
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Paper copies in English can be ordered at no charge from the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. The Office is represented in most countries and can be contacted directly at: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities Ordering details are: INSAR (European Archives News) Supplement VI |
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We understand that a version in Croat is available in paper form, title “MoReq - model zahtjeva za upravljanje elektronickim zapisima : specifikacija MoReq / [prijevod s engleskog jezika Tomislav Cepulic, Snjezana Ivanovic]” published Zagreb : Hrvatski drzavni arhiv, 2003, ISBN 953-6005-58-1 |
MoReq Electronically
MoReq was originally written and published in English. Its success is illustrated by the fact that MoReq has been translated into at least eight languages. Note however that these translations have all been produced locally, without support or endorsement of the European Commission or Cornwell. The fidelity of the translations varies; some are very similar to the English language original; others vary.
You can download copies here:
English |
This is the original, definitive version. To download the specification as a Microsoft Word 97/2000 document (approximately 1MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a Microsoft Word 97/2000 document (approximately 240KB) click here. To download the specification as a PDF file (approximately 3.2MB) click here. |
Czech
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To download the draft specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 1.4 MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 270KB) click here |
Dutch |
To download the specification as a PDF file (approximately 514 kB) click here. Note this is an adaptation rather than a translation; it varies greatly from the original. A page with more information about this version is available at The Netherlands Archive School website, at http://www.archiefschool.nl/docs/remano_2004.pdf. |
French |
To download the specification as a PDF file (approximately 1.4 MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a PDF file (approximately 1MB) click here. |
Hungarian |
To download the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 1.4MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 313KB) click here. Note this version is “unofficial”. A professionally-revised version is under preparation at the National Archives of Hungary. |
Italian |
To download the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 1.1MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 290KB) click here. |
Portuguese |
To download the specification as a PDF file (approximately 1.4 MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a PDF file (approximately 1MB) click here. |
Russian
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To download the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 2.2MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 394KB) click here. To download a RAR compressed version of the specification as a Microsoft Word document (approximately 290KB) click here. |
Slovene |
To download the specification as a PDF file document (approximately 730kB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a PDF file (approximately 480KB) click here. Note this is an official, approved, translation which replaces the unofficial draft posted until May 2005. |
Spanish |
To download the specification as a PDF file document (approximately 2.9MB) click here. To download a zipped version of the specification as a PDF file document (approximately 1.5MB) click here. Note this is the second Spanish translation, completed in 2004. The first Spanish translation has been withdrawn. |
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