Jesse Wilkins said:
[snip] ... many organisations, particularly but certainly not
exclusively government, require that certain documents be retained in
human-readable format. [snip] However: consider that in almost every
instance, the reason for doing so boils down to a question of metadata -
specifically, the addition of metadata in the form of a "wet-ink"
signature. All of the rest of the metadata that could have been attached
to the document in any number of ways is not pertinent and is discarded.
[snip] So why does one bit of metadata trump all of the rest of the
metadata in the document? [snip]

Many people add some of the system-generated or application-generated
metadata (file name, path, last-date-modified, etc.) to the printed
version, typically in the header or footer. This to identify the
version, make finding the digital file easier, etc.

Best regards,

Fred
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