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On Wed, 13 May 2009 10:38:51 -0400, Manago, William M 
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can a document rise to the level of a record, if the document has not been 
formally transmitted to or communicated with one or more recipients?
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As my friend Larry says: "it depends".

In general, yes, since transmission or communication of content has nothing to 
do with the value of the content.  A record is based on its content, context, 
and structure.  Transmission and communication affects the context and may 
affect the structure, but does not affect the content.

But, this all seems moot without establishing "your" definitions of: data, 
content, information, document, and record.  Some see these definitions as a 
hierarchy, others seem them as independent.

In my view, a document could also be considered an in-process record (it is 
not yet complete and is still active).  Once the document is complete (you 
define completion), it is no longer a document and is now a record.  It cannot 
hold both definitions at the same time.


Lee Michael, CRM

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