# DLM Forum

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The **DLM Forum** is a European membership community of public archives and parties interested in [archives](/source/Archive), [records](/source/Records_management) and [information management](/source/Information_management) throughout the [European Union](/source/European_Union). Membership is open to all. The Forum is known for its creation of the [MoReq](/source/MoReq2) series of records management standards.

## History

The DLM Forum was established in 1994 by the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission). It is based on the conclusions of the [European Council](/source/European_Council) of 17 June 1994[1] concerning greater cooperation in the field of archives.

## Meaning of the DLM acronym

Originally DLM was an acronym for 'Données Lisibles par Machine' ([machine-readable data](/source/Machine-readable_data)).[2] At its 2002 conference in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) ([Spain](/source/Spain)) a resolution was passed changing this, so DLM now stands for '[Document Lifecycle Management](/source/Document_Lifecycle_Management)'.[3]

## Objectives

According to its constitution[4] (paragraph 3c), one of the DLM Forum's goals is: 'to provide technology and knowledge transfer and information services, appropriate practice guidelines, benchmark indicators and information, educational, skills development and research opportunities.' The constitution also defines (in paragraph 4) other objectives: '(a) To provide for information services (on-line information portal, list-serv, publications, discussions forum, news, dynamic document archive); (b) To provide for technology & knowledge transfer (technology watch, standards, legislation and [policy monitoring](/source/Policy_monitoring), consultancy, connecting technology providers with users, partnership development); (c) To provide for education & skills development (conferences, seminars and exhibitions, workshops and training sessions, managed learning environments); (d) To provide for research (user needs analysis, economic modeling, ontology development, knowledge engineering, classification, information retrieval).'

## Achievements

The most visible achievement of the DLM Forum is the creation of a series of European records management standards, collectively known as "MoReq". The abbreviation 'MoReq' is a contraction of 'Model Requirements for the management of electronic records'.

The first MoReq requirements document, formally titled [MoReq](/source/MoReq2) but today widely known (unofficially) as MoReq1, was published in 2001.[5] MoReq rapidly gained acceptance across Europe and beyond. It has been translated into at least twelve languages,[6] some of which are from outside the European Union. The enhanced successor document [MoReq2](/source/MoReq2) was published in 2008.[7] Both documents have achieved the status of de facto standards, without the backing of any formal standards body. MoReq2 was enhanced by a test framework, a records management software certification programme, and an [XML](/source/XML) schema. In March 2010, the DLM Forum announced[8] it had signed a contract with Journal IT for a major update to MoReq, to result in a version that will be called MoReq2010.

Other publications[9] of the DLM Forum include 'Guidelines on best practices for using electronic information',[10] seven DLM Whitepapers[11] and Proceedings of the DLM-Forum Conferences.[12]

## Membership and administration

Any person or organisation can apply to join the DLM Forum; membership is subject to payment of an annual fee.[13] In 2015 there are 56 members, including national archives, consultancies, academic institutions, records management software vendors and end-user organisations.

Until 2010, the legal entity of the DLM Forum was the DLM Network [EEIG](/source/European_Economic_Interest_Grouping). In early 2010, the DLM Forum formed the DLM Forum Foundation, a limited company registered in England and Wales, to replace the EEIG as its legal entity.

The DLM Forum is governed by its executive committee, which consists of 7 to 9 elected members. The current chair of the DLM Forum executive committee is Jan Dalsten Sørensen from the [Danish National Archives](/source/Danish_National_Archives).[14] The DLM Forum established in 2008 a MoReq Governance Board for the maintenance and control of the MoReq2 standard and certification process.

The DLM Forum usually holds member meetings twice a year; generally these meetings are held in the country then holding the [Presidency of the Council of the European Union](/source/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union). It also organises a major conference every three years; these conferences generally attract about 300 to 400 delegates from [Europe](/source/Europe) and elsewhere. Recent conferences have been held in [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) ([Spain](/source/Spain)), 2002, [Budapest](/source/Budapest) ([Hungary](/source/Hungary)), 2005, [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse) ([France](/source/France)), 2008, [Brussels](/source/Brussels) ([Belgium](/source/Belgium)), 2011 and [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon) ([Portugal](/source/Portugal)), 2014.

Numerous papers such as the constitution, presentations from conferences and member meetings, translations and products are published on the DLM Forum website.[15]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Resolution 94/C 235/03](http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl&lng1=en,fr&lang=&lng2=da,de,el,en,es,fr,it,nl,pt,&val=303583:cs&page=&hwords=null)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** French for 'machine-readable data'

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [History](http://dlmforum.typepad.com/History_of_DLM_Forum_and_MoReq.pdf) of the DLM Forum and MoReq

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [DLM Forum Constitution](http://dlmforum.typepad.com/Constitution.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [MoReq](http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/archival_policy/moreq/spec_moreq_en.htm), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [92-894-1290-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-894-1290-9), [download](http://moreq.niniel.org/quellen#moreq1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [MoReq project website](http://www.cornwell.co.uk/edrm/moreq.asp) with translations and additional documents

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [MoReq2](http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/archival_policy/moreq/spec_moreq2_en.htm) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-92-79-09772-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-92-79-09772-0), DOI 10.2792/11981, [download](http://www.moreq2.eu/downloadsa.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [\[1\]](http://www.dlmforum.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=902&Itemid=58&lang=en) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110720155140/http://www.dlmforum.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=902&Itemid=58&lang=en) 2011-07-20 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) DLM Forum Announces Development of MoReq2010 to Advance Archiving and Information Compliance across Europe

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Overview about publications of the DLM Forum and MoReq](http://moreq.niniel.org/quellen)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Guidelines on best practices for using electronic information, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [92-828-2285-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-828-2285-0), available in English, German and French

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** AIIM/DLM whitepapers on Document Lifecycle Management published in 2002/2003 in English/German, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-936534-00-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-936534-00-4)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** DLM Forum Conference Barcelona 2002, Proceedings. European Commission, INsAR supplement VII, Brussels-Luxembourg, 2002, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [92-894-4415-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-894-4415-0); DLM Forum Conference Toulouse 2008, Actes des colloques / Proceedings, Archives de France, Paris, 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["DLM Forum membership fees 2015"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150714214826/http://www.dlmforum.eu/index.php/members/join). Archived from [the original](http://www.dlmforum.eu/index.php/members/join) on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Jan Dalsten Sørensen"](http://www.dlmforum.eu/files/EC_Directors/JanSorensenBio.pdf) (PDF). DLM Forum Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2017.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [\[2\]](http://www.dlmforum.eu/) DLM Forum website

## External links

- [Official website](http://dlmforum.eu)

- [DLM Forum archives](http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/archival_policy/dlm_forum/index_en.htm) at the European Commission website. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121023081438/http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/archival_policy/dlm_forum/index_en.htm) 23 October 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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