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Documentation, preservation and safeguarding
Documentation creates a record of a work and its making. Preservation cares for that record so it remains usable. Safeguarding supports the continuation and transmission of a living practice, involving the people and communities who sustain it.
Documentation creates a record of a work and its making. Preservation cares for that record so it remains usable. Safeguarding supports the continuation and transmission of a living practice, involving the people and communities who sustain it. UNESCO framework
First published 18 July 2026 · Revision 1 · Substantive changes to this entry are dated here.