What are documents and light objects?
Handling documents and light objects

A document is a material medium containing a variety of information:

• administrative: mail, customer files, accounting, legal, financial, sales... ;

• technical or production documents: data sheets, manufacturing files, drawings, analysis documents... ;

• medical: X-rays, test results, medical records... ;

• books, newspapers, magazines, local or national archives, cassettes, CDs, films...

A document has a variable lifespan, and can be archived or destroyed depending on the value of the information it contains.

Do we still carry documents?

Disseminating, accessing and processing information - an essential element in the development of our...