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Subject:	Re: Definition of Permanent
From:	"Jones, Virginia" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:27:53 -0500
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<So I've found that the term "long-term" works a lot better.    "We're
saving these records for the long term."
No one ever asks me to define long term which of course is eternity.>

For years, ANSI and ISO standards defined longevity as "short term" -
less than 10 years, "medium term" - more than 10 years, "long term" - up
to 100 years, "permanent" - more than 100 years or forever.  I haven't
looked at them recently to see if the definitions have changed.

Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
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