<s>
A	O
system	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
record	I-General_Concept
(	O
SOR	O
)	O
or	O
source	O
system	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
record	I-General_Concept
(	O
SSoR	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
term	O
for	O
an	O
information	O
storage	O
system	O
(	O
commonly	O
implemented	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
running	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
that	O
is	O
the	O
authoritative	O
data	O
source	O
for	O
a	O
given	O
data	O
element	O
or	O
piece	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
need	O
to	O
identify	O
systems	O
of	O
record	O
can	O
become	O
acute	O
in	O
organizations	O
where	O
management	B-Application
information	I-Application
systems	I-Application
have	O
been	O
built	O
by	O
taking	O
output	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
source	O
systems	O
,	O
re-processing	O
this	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
re-presenting	O
the	O
result	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
business	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
integrity	O
and	O
validity	O
of	O
any	O
data	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
is	O
open	O
to	O
question	O
when	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
traceable	O
connection	O
to	O
a	O
good	O
source	O
,	O
and	O
listing	O
a	O
source	O
system	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
record	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Where	O
the	O
integrity	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
is	O
vital	O
,	O
if	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
agreed	O
system	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
record	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
data	O
element	O
must	O
either	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
,	O
or	O
extracted	O
directly	O
from	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
system	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
record	I-General_Concept
"	O
approach	O
is	O
a	O
good	O
fit	O
for	O
environments	O
where	O
both	O
:	O
</s>
