Retain Retain Definition: Pre-Conditions: Extended Definition (v) To persist data or data objects by saving onto An object 0 exists or an electronically accessible devices. object A exists which Properties: needs to be re-saved. Ontological View Can be performed on any object, Process: whether previously retained or not. At T0, object is selected and space is opened in Multiple actions can be performed on memory. attributes of the object during the Object is written to and retention process, such as: manipulated in memory. Change of name Object is placed in a permanent storage Updates to provenance (eg: last location. agent who saved/modified At T1, data object has object) been persisted as a new Change of storage location EHR information object with a designation, object Change of time stamp A’. Is performed on objects in memory. Options Final results are written to designated Object A’ available for use storage location.
Retain Retain (v) Definition: To persist data or data objects by saving onto electronically accessible devices. Pre-Conditions: An object 0 exists or an object A exists which needs to be re-saved. Process: At T0, object is selected and space is opened in memory. Object is written to and manipulated in memory. Object is placed in a permanent storage location. At T1, data object has been persisted as a new EHR information object with a designation, object A’. Options Object A’ available for use Extended Definition Properties: Can be performed on any object, whether previously retained or not. Multiple actions can be performed on attributes of the object during the retention process, such as: Change of name Updates to provenance (eg: last agent who saved/modified object) Change of storage location Change of time stamp Is performed on objects in memory. Final results are written to designated storage location. Ontological View
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