1. So, do you think our PeopleSoft database is a record?
- PeopleSoft is not a database, but also, a database is not a record. A 
database is a machine called sometimes an application that ingests or 
creates, houses, manipulates, and outputs data. This application, if it is 
a major one that the organization paid for, is sometimes decommissioned, 
separate from its data, and their should be a retention policy for that as 
well.

2. Do you think there are records in PeopleSoft?  Or are you sensible like 
me and think "No, there are potential records in PeopleSoft."
- Whether or not the data in a database is a record is defined by the 
owning organization, with a little help from regulatory agencies where 
applicable. 

3. What would you say to Big Giant Finance Head, Mr. Snickers, when he 
says: "We don't need to generate an annual General Ledger because it's in 
PeopleSoft; we can generate it anytime we want to."
[same answer as Luciana's]

4. Bonus Question:  what would you say to people who refer to PeopleSoft 
as "the database of record."  (Full disclosure: My IT Person used this 
phrase and I said the term is halfway between meaningless and harmful)
 - Here you may be getting into the two concepts: RIM's "copy of record" 
and IT's "system of record and system of reference." They are two 
different things. I tried to engage this list an a conversation comparing 
and contrasting them some months ago, but no one bit.


Gary 



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