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Re: Archiving information within databases



Richard Pearce-Moses wrote:

"Second, I would argue that a database is not a record.  A database is a
container that holds information that may be assembled into a record.  A
record is a particular view of the data.  When designing the system, you
have to define views of the data (users seldome just plough through tables
directly).  Second, you have to determine which of those views/records are
worth memorializing.  The decision may be base both on content as well as
use."

I can't agree with that. Yes, a database is a container for data, but so is
a traditional ledger book, or a journal, or a register. Other records might
indeed be derived from a database, but records might be derived from the
data in a paper ledger, as well.



Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/library/lib-arch

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