Glossary
Archiving / Archive
Also writtenarchival
Long term preservation of completed data and its metadata in final form so that a process or activity can be reconstructed.
Source · PIC/S PI 041-1 (2021), §13 Glossary: Archiving
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An archive must keep records readable, retrievable, and intact for the required retention period, and must make change or deletion detectable. Inspections cite data that became inaccessible after a legacy system was retired, metadata that was not preserved, and restoration and readability that were never tested. Look at the retention inventory, access rights, media and environmental control, periodic retrieval and readability testing, and approval for disposal.
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PIC/S PI 041-1 (2021), §13 Glossary: ArchivingGRM Regulatory Glossary
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