# document (record)

a piece of written text that records information

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: record  ·  Arena: document

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [paper](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-paper.material), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [text](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-text.written), [write](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-write.communication), [records](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-records.document)

**Through:** the paper and the marks made on it together preserve information through written form

**Novel properties:**
- preserved information about past events
- structured access to facts
- enduring informational form

## Examples
- The Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, recorded landholdings across England for tax purposes. *(institutions)*
- The Linux kernel's changelog files track every code modification since 1991. *(computing)*
- The Dead Sea Scrolls include parchment manuscripts preserving Jewish texts from the Second Temple period. *(archaeology)*

## Used by
- [bill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bill.payment) (L18)
- [submit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-submit.administrative) (L18)
- [tickets](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tickets.document) (L18)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-document.record*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-document.record.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*