ts purposes and use, as part of its recordkeeping 
activities, have the same effects as the first manifestation, and each is to be 
considered at any given time the record of the creator. (P3) 
In the digital environment, the first manifestation of a record, be it a draft, an original or a 
copy, only exists when first composed in the creator’s record-making system, if it is an internal 
record, or when first received in the creator’s recordkeeping system, if it is transmitted from the 
outside. When the re