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title: The Social Life of Documents
date: "2002-10-01T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1121
description: I highlight a Xerox PARC article examining the social role of documents in the New Economy. It argues that documents are active agents in building communities and facilitating communication, rather than just static information containers.
keywords: [xerox parc, social documents, knowledge management, organizational communication, information architecture, new economy]
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[The Social Life of Documents](http://www2.parc.com/ops/members/brown/papers/sociallife.html). Interesting article by Xerox's PARC on the role of documents in the New Economy.