An Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) is a computer based system used for managing electronic and paper-based documents. An EDMS generally offers a means of checking documents into the system, searching for documents in the system, and version control. Many systems also provide workflow and collaboration capabilities.

An EDMS is not to be confused with a Records Management (RM) system that is used to help with the long-term management of records.

A good EDMS is now more often referred to as an EDRMS (Electronic Document and Records Management System) - allowing RM rules to be applied to electronic documents as they are entered into the system.

See also

• Enterprise content management
• Electronic Document and Records Management System

Gestion électronique des documents