Spotlight: NARA’s Metadata Requirements for Electronic Records

Spotlight: NARA’s Metadata Requirements for Electronic Records

As the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pushes federal agencies ever closer to managing all permanent records in electronic format, another dimension of record-keeping is taking on newfound importance: metadata. Agencies that want to comply with NARA’s requirements for managing and submitting all permanent records in electronic format need to understand the importance of metadata and what it requires out from them.

What is metadata? Click here to learn more about metadata and NARA’s related requirements.