Appraisal is the process of deciding what should or should not be preserved.

Draft documents that are saved as new records in the records repository each time that they are edited will become cumbersome to identify and retrieve the final version of a document. This process is referred to as:

For managing electronic records, the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa endorses: 

Save and retrieval, user friendly, prevention of deletion of documents, email integration and classification systems can be referred to as

With an electronic records management system, all documents are not stored electronically but they can be extracted or routed to the recipient.

allows documents to be retrieved on index/metadata and content according to business rules and controlling access to documents and information

If the correct keyword is not used, records are not retrieved. This is a practical experience when dealing with document classification.

Officials from a company should be allowed to remove, delete and destroy electronic records without authorisation.

The term “disposition” in the electronic records management environment involves: 

Which describes the first stage when appraising records?