CA A major future challenge for recordkeeping professionals is to maximize knowledge via the deft use of metadata as a management tool.
Phrases
<P1> Recordkeeping in the 21st century will have to confront the fact that the very definition of what constitutes a record is dynamically changing. (p.6) <P2> With the advent of the Internet and the streaming of information from the unchartered, open environment which the Internet represents, it appears that public institutions will act to consider and incorporate as part of their best practices the use of new technologies, such as digital signatures and public key encryption, to ensure that authentic and trustworthy information is captured as part of their dealings with the public at large." (p.5)
Conclusions
RQ How will we deal with the records of the future -- electronic documents with a variety of embedded, interactive attachments?
