WHAT IS DOCUMENTATION?
Documentation is a term that requires unpacking. Baz Kershaw has sought to differentiate documentation in terms of ‘integral’ and ‘external’ documentation.Integral documentation is taken to be the mass of heterogeneous trace materials that the practice process creates. These materials may be of similar kind/order in both live and mediatized performance practices: eg script drafts, notes, call sheets, camera reports, continuity notes, costume designs, laboratory reports, treatments, set designs, choreographic notation, sound designs, etc.External documentation perhaps has greater resonance in live performance practices. While screen media practices produce some form of object outcome(s) or artefact(s) that can be revisited (albeit in different ways and not necessarily in perpetuity), live performance by definition is ephemeral. ‘The’ performance encounter exists through specific temporal-spatial contexts with no possibility of object repetition.External documentation (whether photograph
A. Documentation of an information technology system is important to the security of the system in that it explains how software/hardware is to be used and formalizes security and operational procedures specific to the system. Examples of documentation for a system includes descriptions of the hardware and software, policies, standards, procedures, and approvals and agreements related to automated information system security, backup and contingency activities as well as descriptions of user and operator procedures.
