A document is any record of information, regardless of the format or medium used to record it. Established by archival science, the above definition is general in nature, meaning that certain sciences or some of their specialized branches may adopt more specific definitions.

This is the case, for example, in Law, where a document is defined as any written document, instrument, or paper, public or private, that has legal relevance and can serve as evidence. Typical documentation institutions are museums, archives, and libraries , each with its own unique characteristics.

Web Documents

Documents within a website can be static, generated by a person responsible for the content (in the case of a newspaper article or a blog post), or dynamic, generated automatically by computer programs (such as search engine query results pages ).

Changing the content of a page involves altering HTML using specific tools. A website can be modified by changing the content of individual pages or by modifying the entire set of pages that comprise it.

The term "document" is used in the literature to refer to both pages and websites, which can cause confusion. In this work, therefore, it will only be used when its definition is evident from the context . The term "material" is always used to refer to the collection of pages and websites.

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