Clifford Campbell wrote:
> Morning List!
>
> I believe that the best way to describe a record is to also compare it
> against a document at the same time (note expanded from ISO
> Definitions): 
>
> *	document - any information or object in any form produced or
> received by 'your organisation'; may be ephemeral and may not have any
> long term commercial, legal or knowledge value; can exist in several
> versions and can be edited;
>
> *	record - information created, received, and maintained as
> evidence (of advice, an action, decision or transaction) and information
> in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business;  is
> not ephemeral and will have long term commercial, legal or knowledge
> value; only one version can exist and must be static/un-editable;
>
>   
Howdy, Clifford
A quibble or two, here;
You mean that the 'official record' must be static, un-editable,
regardless of how many copies, revisions, or versions of it may exist?
I'm not sure "long-term' is the best way to express- the record
retention may be only a few months or a year. That's not long-term to
most of us.
Or, would you argue the short-term stuff desn't qualify as 'records',
even though you need it and must keep it for a while?

Regards
Jay

-- 
Jay Maechtlen
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