Summary

A Record is a kind of Record Resource that can be defined as linguistic, symbolic or graphic information represented in any form, on any durable carrier, by any method, by an Agent in the course of life or work events and Activities. A Record may serve a variety of purposes, though it always documents or is evidence of an Activity.

Details

The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (preview) Dezember 2019 defines and describes a Record as follows:
Definition
Information inscribed at least once by any method on any physical carrier in any persistent, recoverable form by an Agent in the course of life or work Activity.

Scope Note
Record is a kind of Record Resource (RiC-E02).
A Record must have or have had at least one Record Instantiation. A Record may have more than one Record Instantiation.
A re-instantiation of the record may be considered the same record or a new record, depending on the context and of the functions that record serves.
Such information may serve a variety of purposes, though it always documents or is evidence of Activity.

Examples
Deed appointing John Bambridge, Sheriff of Leicestershire, with 3rd Great Seal of Charles I appended; sketch Map of the Qatar Peninsula; email message concerning an agreement to participate in the ICA Seoul Congress containing two attachments and digitally signed;
Livro de registro de entrada de imigrantes na Hospedaria de Imigrantes da Ilha das Flores

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