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. A danas, dvije stotine godina kasnije, diplomatika i arhivisti koji je koriste, vraćaju se u potpunosti u stvaran život. Pouzdanost i autentičnost zapisa tiču se sviju nas, u svakodnevnom životu i tragovima koje u njemu ostavljamo. Prevela: Rajka Bućin Summary LEGAL ISSUES RELATING TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF RECORDS IN THE ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT As existing examples show, and theory confirms, authenticity and reliability of the records in electronic environment are endangered by many possible ways of manipulation. Genuine function of archivists, i.e. to keep authentic and reliable records for legal purposes and historical research, makes them very interested in these issues. "Authenticity and Legal Matters", as one of the Committee on Archival Legal Matters of ICA's sub-groups, tries to make theoretical knowledge of the issues operational and connect it with archival practice. In order to recognize authentic and reliable records archivists use their knowledge of diplomatics, which could be applied to the electronic records too. According to diplomatics, the authenticity of records refers to the connection between the past time and the present, i.e. to the preservation of their provenance. It requires ways of verifying that a record was created by the agent purporting to create it, and that the system, software and custodian performed reliably, did not interfere with or corrupt the record. Another term used in the context of keeping records is their reliability, i.e. trustworthness conferred to them by degree of their completeness, control of the creation procedures and/or reliability of their authors. The significance of the third, frequently used term, validity of records, is recently shifted to their value in legal procedures in particular legal systems. Obviously, keeping records and preservation of their authenticity and reliability means, in archival sense, to control them from the moment of their creation. It includes three aspects: organisational, technical and legal. Although the organisati15 Duranti, Dipolmatics, 12-14. 142