This Standard establishes voluntary guidelines for the storage of non-current physical records.

Storage refers to the records management function of storing physical records, which are no longer in active use, for future retrieval and preservation. Within this context, this Standard addresses issues relating to systems, processes, facilities, equipment and devices used for storing records that are no longer in current use. This Standard covers all types of storage media, e.g. paper, audio visual material, micro-forms and machine readable formats, but excludes electronic records on networks, hard-drives or in data centres.