Nazariah

My experience is that there are at least three definitions:

1. People in IT use the term 'archive' to mean 'data storage', when records
people mean 'records management' or 'document management'. This is
especially true when talking about email. Email archiving in the IT sense
has nothing whatever to do with records or document management, in spite of
what the IT sales reps will tell your CIO.

2. Most non-records people, and many records people, especially those not in
government, use 'archiving' to mean 'offsite storage'

3. In government, or at least here in NSW Australia, 'archiving' means
'transfer legal and physical ownership to the state records office when no
longer needed for business or compliance reasons'.

Isn't the English language wonderfully flexible?

Cheers

Glenn

Glenn Sanders
Australia
0407 187 333
These views are mine alone. They may or may not be those of any
previous or present employers or clients. I don't know. If I'd asked and
they'd agreed, I would have signed it "Harry Peck and Co and Glenn".
Or whatever. But I haven't, so I didn't.

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