ystem that contains fluid, ever-changing data or 
information, one has no records in such a system until one decides to make one and to save it 
with its unalterable content.  
The concept of fixed form is more complex. A digital object has a fixed form when its binary 
content is stored so that the message it conveys can be rendered with the same documentary 
presentation it had on the screen when first saved. Because the same documentary 
presentation of a record can be produced by a variety of digital fo