Definitions of Electronic Records, the European Perspective |
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| Authors: | Maria Guercio |
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| Institution: | (1) Ministero Per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Ufficio Centrale Beni Archivistici, Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | For the definition of electronic records, the use of new terms, like  literary warrant , is not necessary, and for the European perspective even not understandable. If this expression simply means best practice and professional culture in recordkeeping, we only to know what creators did for centuries and still do today and probably will do also in the future, by referring to the archival science, diplomatics and archival practice for clarifying definitions in the recordkeeping environment. A multi-disciplinary approach is still required for the electronic recordkeeping system as it was in the past for traditional records, but the theory and the terminology should be consistent and based on the deep understanding of essential characteristics of records and essential requirements of good recordkeeping to produce in the first place and maintain reliable and authentic records. Of course, a record is more than recorded information created in the course of business activity: a record is the recorded representation of an act produced in a specific form – the form prescribed by the legal system – by a creator in the course of its activity. |
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| Keywords: | archival bond record definition record constitutive elements electronic records diplomatics |
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