I've been asked by someone why they can use "permanent" labels to mark 
incoming construction submittal documents.  I've tried explaining to them that 
even though a product may be identified as "permanent" doesn't mean it 
actually is.  It only means the adhesive is not intended as a temporary 
attachment like 3M post-its.

They insist however that they've seen label products marked as "permanent" 
and they should therefore be allowed to attach a label to the submittials, 
which usually have very long (e.g. life of the structure) retention periods.

I have been looking for some sort of standard that I could provide them to 
help them understand the differences in what an Avery or label manufacturer 
might call "permanent" and what we as records managers, librarians and 
archivists consider to be permanent.  I know a few years back there had been 
some discussion of ANSI developing standards for permanent label adhesive 
but it doesn't look like that has been accomplished.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I could find something to help 
me convince these folks that because these records have essentially a 
permanent retention period that they need to use ink stamps to identify all the 
project information, not labels that will fade, peel or fall off.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

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