一、电子文件及其特点电子文件存在着多种定义:美国联邦管理法规将其定义为:“电子文件包括数字的、图形的及文本的信息。它可以记录在计算机能够阅读的任何一种介质上,并且符合文件的定义。”国际档案理事会电子文件委员会将其定义为:“电子文件是一种通过数字电脑进行操作、 I. Electronic Documents and Their Characteristics There are various definitions of electronic documents: US Federal regulations define it as: “Electronic documents include digital, graphical and textual information that can be recorded in any medium that a computer can read And complies with the definition of the document. ”The International File Council’s Electronic Document Committee defines it as:" An electronic document is a document that is manipulated through a digital computer,