Characteristics of Enterprise Document Environments

OVERVIEW We now review how business and government enterprises that have yet to embark upon IDCM may be managing processing of different document types. We provide a generic description of each type on the assumption that most organizations can apply relevant elements to their specific environments. Because of the complexities in describing the typical document environments, we structure the review into the following sections: • Digital office documents for such documents in general; • Electronic mail (email); • Technical and engineering drawings; • Document imaging; • Web content; and • Physical documents.