Glossary

Migration

Moving records from one system to another without losing meaning, integrity, or findability. Migrations should be planned, tested, and ; a 'lift and shift' file copy rarely preserves full metadata and audit trails.

In practice

Migration is moving records and their metadata from one system to another without losing meaning, integrity, or findability. It should be planned, tested, and ; a 'lift and shift' file copy rarely preserves full metadata and audit trails.

See it in the register

Migration, in one connected register.

IAR turns terms like this into working practice: assets classified against your disposal authority, stewarded by position, and ready to evidence.