This article presents the concept of electronic record as articulated by the first

phase of the InterPARES (International research on Permanent Authentic Records in

Electronic Systems) Project (1999–2001) and discusses it in light of the findings of the

second phase of the Project (2002–2006). While InterPARES 1 focused on records

produced and/or maintained in databases and document management systems, Inter-

PARES 2 examined records produced and/or maintained in interactive, experiential and

dynamic environments. The authors describe the characteristics of these environments

and of the entities found in them in the course of case studies conducted on systems used

for carrying out artistic, scientific and e-government activities, and propose the new

concept of record that InterPARES 2 is eleborating, which expands on that formulated

by InterPARES 1.