Digital continuity of electronic documents in the commercial environment

The bachelor work is to do with digital continuity of electronic documents as they occur in the commercial environment. The electronic documents can be used as legal documents only when constructed according to certain guidelines. The aim of this bachelor's work is to carry out an analysis of everything to do with ensuring the long-term validity of electronic documents and suggest practical solutions for each individual company. I have chosen an IT company called newps.cz which can be characterized as one of the leading suppliers of IT solutions to the Czech eGovernment. The thesis work is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the vocabulary, laws, and other facts particular to this field. It also includes a commentary on the resource list (the literature) dealing either with digital continuity of electronic documents directly or similar themes. The second part addresses the solutions which are currently available for ensuring digital continuity. IT solutions offered nowadays can be divided into three general groups for which some characteristics are typical. This fact has made the choice considerably easier because conditions set by the company can be evaluated on a general level. Therefore, finally, only three solutions fulfilled the required parametres and were shortlisted. The result is then a concrete solution for the company newps.cz. The highest quality solution was chosen. So far there has been no publication or technical article which describes all aspects of solutions to digital continuity. The biggest contribution of this thesis work is above all that the subject -- ensuring the long-term validity of electronic documents corresponding to current legislation - is dealt with in its entirety. This work can be used by companies other than newps.cz. They will get an overview of less known alternative solutions for the long-term validity of electronic documents including document conversion or hardware archiving.