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For the R.E.M. album, see Document (album).
For the similarly named surrealist journal, see Documents (journal).
A document is awork of non-fiction writing intended to store and communicate information, thus acting as a recording. Documents are often the focus and concern of business administration and governmentadministration. The word is also used as a verb as "documenting" describes the process of making a document.

The term document may be applied to any discrete representation of meaning, but usually it refers tosomething physical like one or more printed pages, or to a "virtual" document in electronic (digital) format.

Contents [hide]
1 Types of documents
2 Developing documents
3 History
4 In law
5See also
6 Further reading


[edit] Types of documentsDocuments are sometimes classified as secret, private or public. They may also be described as a draft or proof. When a document is copied,the source is referred to as the original.

There are accepted standards for specific applications in various fields, such as:

Academia: thesis, dissertation, paper, journal
Business andaccounting: invoice, quote, RFP, proposal, contract
Law and politics: summons, certificate, license, gazette
Government and industry: white paper
Media and marketing: brief, mock-up, script
Such standarddocuments can be created based on a template.

[edit] Developing documentsThe page layout of a document is the manner in which information is graphically arranged in the document space (e.g., on apage). If the appearance of the document is of concern, page layout is generally the responsibility of a graphic designer. Typography deals with the design of letter and symbol forms, as well as their...