document management

Digital paperwork handling

Document management is the systematic organization, storage, and retrieval of documents—typically digital files in a business context.

A document management system tracks versions, controls access, and maintains records of who changed what and when.

The term covers both the practice and the software that enables it: We need better document management before the audit.

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information handling methodology

document managementdata loss

information silos

digital vs. physical medium

document managementanalog storage

Non-electronic information preservation

Family

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