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What is Metadata and Why is it Important?

AIIM

One such tool is Metadata. Metadata offers significant benefits in terms of understanding information in new ways and in being able to leverage that intelligence to drive innovation and the customer experience. What is Metadata? The US Department of Defense has a definition of metadata in its DoD 5015.2

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How to Build a Metadata Plan in Five Steps

AIIM

Metadata resides at the center of many of the essential aspects of content management. In addition to helping organize and classify content, Metadata enables good findability, can trigger workflow and transactional processes, reveals document usage patterns and history, and helps establish retention and disposition events.

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Records Management in the Intelligent Information Era

AIIM

Defining a New Era of Records Management. Records management has traditionally been significantly focused on compliance. We argued in the AIIM 2019 State of the Industry – Content Services that “[information management] is better sold indirectly – as a byproduct of automation and customer experience – than head-on.”.

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MS Teams Information Governance - A Checklist for Success

AIIM

Create an information governance team including representatives from IT, Records Management, Compliance, Legal, Information Security, and Line of Business. Make the most of metadata by utilizing systems that help automate how metadata is applied while retaining unstructured data in place.

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AIIM's Information Management Training - Cost, Options, and FAQs

AIIM

But we didn’t really formalize our educational programs until 2006 when we released the AIIM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Electronic Records Management (ERM) courses. It is targeted to experienced records managers and other knowledge workers responsible for information security, privacy, and information management.

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Information Governance and the Records Lifecycle

The Texas Record

When we talk about records management on this blog, we often use the “R.I.M.” ” or “RIM” acronym as a shorthand way to refer to the “records and information management” field. But how is information governance any different than records management?

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The IGP Exam: New and Improved

ARMA International

As the world’s leading membership organization serving professionals who manage and govern information, ARMA is pleased to announce the release of its updated Information Governance Professional (IGP) Certification Exam. Strategic) Information and Technology Architecture, Taxonomy, Metadata, and Formats and Protocols.