====== Record ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Record represents preserved information that documents an event, state, decision, action, relationship, obligation, condition, or result.

In the FX Demo [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:reference_architecture|Reference Architecture]], records support [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|traceability]], [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:evidence|evidence]], audit, provenance, review, replay, reconstruction, accountability, and governance.

A Record differs from a general [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:s:structure|Structure]] because it preserves information for later reference or review. A Record differs from a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:data_structure_definition|Data Structure Definition]] because it represents preserved information rather than the definition of a structure. A Record differs from a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:data_structure_instance|Data Structure Instance]] because it carries preservation, reference, review, or evidence significance.

===== Definition =====

//preserved information that documents an event, state, decision, action, relationship, obligation, condition, or result//

===== Source =====

Generalised from Logical Record from [[fxdemo:02-part:start]], Section 8.9, [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:evidence|Evidence]] from [[fxdemo:01-part:start]], Section 7.9, and [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]] from [[fxdemo:01-part:start]], Section 7.10; specialized for use in the FX Demo Reference Architecture.

===== Note =====

A Record is not necessarily a database record, file, log entry, ledger entry, message, API payload, DDS sample, or persistence artifact. Those artifacts may represent, store, transmit, or preserve a record.

===== Example =====

An FX Audit Record documents a release decision, the related FX Policy Decision, the FX Release Package, the recipient context, timestamp, and release obligations.