At 10:54 AM 2/18/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>John, this is an excellent piece of work - Thank you for sharing (and
>you too, Peter)! I just had one question: What is the basis of your
>definition of an inactive record? I've looked for a definition based on
>usage in the past, and this could prove helpful.

Other sources would include:

http://www.washington.edu/admin/recmgt/files.inactive.html

http://xnet.rrc.mb.ca/recmgmt/chapter17.htm

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publicsector/rk/glossary/G-O.htm

And of course, the ARMA Glossary

http://www.arma.org/bookstore/productdetail.cfm?ProductID=1043

.... which is currently under revision and seeking participants to assist
in bringing the contents to date!!

Glossary of Records and Information Management Terms (ANSI/ARMA 10-200x
Revision)
SDC Project Manager - Alan Zaben

This project will be a revision of the current ARMA/ANSI 10-1999. All
definitions will be reviewed and are open to being refined or modified. A
special focus of this task force will be to review and expand the ARMA
definitions relating to technology, electronic records and electronic
records management.

Status: Progress is continuing on this ambitious project. Terms through the
letter "M" have been identified, reviewed, and edited. Task Force Leader:
Jesse Wilkins (Updated: 02/02/2005)

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