recorded information or material object which can be treated as a unit in a documentation process.
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| URI | iso:std:iso:5127:ed-2:v1:en:term:3.1.1.38 |
| Source | ISO 5127:2017 |
| Remark/Example | Note 1: This definition refers not only to written and printed materials in paper or microform versions (for example, conventional books, journals, diagrams, maps), but also to non-printed media such as machine-readable and digitized records, Internet and intranet resources, films, sound recordings, people and organizations as knowledge resources, buildings, sites, monuments, three-dimensional objects or realia; and to collections of such items or parts of such items. (Note taken from ISO 25964-1:2011, definition 2.15.) Also, software, since recorded, can be considered a document. Note 2: Documents often are the manifestations of works.They can differ extensively in form and characteristics. Note 3: In some professional usage, documents are sometimes referred to as “medium”, “title” or “item”. |