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What's the difference between a documented system and a system of documentation?

A system of documentation is a collection of documents which have an aim or purpose.

One could say that the ISO 9000 family of standards is a system of standards or documents. Each standard in the family serves the purpose of the set of standards, remove any one that standard and that purpose is unfulfilled.

A documented system can any type of system that has been documented. Therefore the set of specifications, drawings, handbooks, manuals for making, installing and operating a computer system is a system of documentation.

 

For more information see ISO 9000 Quality systems Handbook

 

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