Glossary

Portability

The ability to move records and their metadata between systems or providers without losing trustworthiness. A key risk in cloud and outsourced platforms; exports must include metadata, not just files.

In practice

Portability is the ability to move records and their metadata between systems or providers without losing trustworthiness. It is a key risk in cloud and outsourced platforms, so exports must include metadata, not just files.

See it in the register

Portability, 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.