A '''document''' (noun) is a bounded [[physical]] representation of a [[body]] of [[information]] designed with the capacity (and usually [[intent]]) to [[communicate]]. A document may [[manifest]] [[symbolic]], diagrammatic or sensory-representational information. To document (verb) is to produce a document [[artifact]] by collecting and representing information. In prototypical usage, a document is understood as a [[paper]] [[artifact]], containing information in the form of ink marks. Increasingly documents are also understood as digital artifacts. | A '''document''' (noun) is a bounded [[physical]] representation of a [[body]] of [[information]] designed with the capacity (and usually [[intent]]) to [[communicate]]. A document may [[manifest]] [[symbolic]], diagrammatic or sensory-representational information. To document (verb) is to produce a document [[artifact]] by collecting and representing information. In prototypical usage, a document is understood as a [[paper]] [[artifact]], containing information in the form of ink marks. Increasingly documents are also understood as digital artifacts. |