背景信息，有人提出，是电子文件管理不可缺少的元素。武汉大学唐小燕在《档案学研究》２００１年第五期撰文指出，任何只有内容信息而不具备背景信息的电子文件都是不完整的，缺乏凭证性。举例来说，一份电子文件的背景信息包括电子文件责任者名称、电子文件的形成时间、形成 Background information, it was suggested that electronic document management is an indispensable element. Tang Xiaoyan of Wuhan University pointed out in Archives Science Research, Issue 5, 2001 that any electronic document that has only content information but no background information is incomplete and lacks vouchers. For example, the background information for an electronic file includes the name of the electronic file owner, the time of formation of the electronic file,