<P1> The Minnesota Recordkeeping Metadata Standard is referenced as a "current standard" in the Minnesota Enterprise Technical Architecture under Chapter 4, "Data and Records Management Architecture." State agencies bound by the Architecture should reference that document for compliance requirements. <P2> The Minnesota Recordkeeping Metadata Standard is directly based upon the one developed by the National Archives of Australia (NAA), the Recordkeeping Metadata Standard for Commonwealth Nations, version 1.0, May 1999. (p. 7) <warrant> <P3> The Minnesota Recordkeeping Metadata Standard (Minnesota Office of Technology standard IRM 20) was developed to facilitate records management by government entities at any level of government.