Hello Lisa,

There are actually 3 standards in British BIP 008 series:

1) BIP 0008-1:2004 "Code of practice for legal admissibility and evidential 
weight of information stored electronically"

2) BIP 0008-2:2005 "Code of practice for legal admissibility and evidential 
weight of information communicated electronically"

3) BIP 0008-3:2005 "Code of practice for legal admissibility and evidential 
weight of linking electronic identity to documents"

They are used as a basis for the development of ISO standards:

ISO/TR 15801:2004 "Electronic imaging - Information stored electronically - 
Recommendations for trustworthiness and reliability" (based on previous 
version of BIP 0008)

There also exists ISO 18509 project (current status unknown):

ISO/CD 18509-1 "Electronic archival storage - Specifications relative to the 
design and operation of information processing systems in view of ensuring 
the storage and integrity on recordings stored in these systems - Part 1: 
Long term access strategy"

ISO/CD 18509-2 "Electronic archival storage - Specifications relative to the 
design and operation of information processing systems in view of ensuring 
the storage and integrity on recordings stored in these systems - Part 2: 
Technical specifications"

which is based of French national standard:

NF Z 42-013 "Archivage électronique Spécifications relatives à la conception 
et à l'exploitation de systèmes informatiques en vue d'assurer la 
conservation et l'intégrité des documents stockés dans ces systèmes", 
Décembre 2001

Regards,
Natasha

Natasha Khramtsovsky
Senior RIM Expert
"Electronic Office Systems"
Moscow, Russia

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