st first be a document; 
that is, must have stable content and fixed documentary form. Only digital objects possessing 
both are capable of serving the record’s memorial function.  
The concept of stable content is self-explanatory, as it simply refers to the fact that the data 
and the information in the record (i.e., the message the record is intended to convey) are 
unchanged and unchangeable. This implies that data or information cannot be overwritten, 
altered, deleted or added to. Thus, if one has a s