- "Evidence about an object or the past, regardless of medium, as preserved in a record or document. As defined by the Library of Congress, records are 'Documents in any form created or received by an agency, institution, organization, or individual, accumulated in the normal conduct of business or affairs.' Library of Congress, 2018) Wikipedia says, 'A document is a written, drawn, presented or recorded representation of thoughts. Originating from the Latin Documentum meaning lesson - the verb doceō means to teach, and is pronounced similarly, in the past it was usually used as a term for a written proof used as evidence. In the computer age, a document is usually used to describe a primarily textual file, along with its structure and design, such as fonts, colors and additional images.' (Wikipedia, 2018) Information scientist Suzanne Breit defines a document as 'any concrete or symbolic indication, preserved or recorded, for reconstructing or for proving a phenomenon, whether physical or mental.' (Breit, 1951; translated)
