•Authenticity … the
property of a record that is what it purports to be and has not been
corrupted
•Traditional Records
–Preserve and maintain the
medium (content)
–Document and maintain a
chain of custody
–Maintain the context of
the records to other records
•For complex electronic
records (databases, web sites, geographic information systems,
virtual reality models), we need to preserve the essential properties
of the record
–Content
–Context
–Structure
–Behavior