from Getty Conservation Institute
Newsletter 20.3 (Fall 2005)
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The latest issue of the GCI newsletter focuses on the various aspects and considerations when documenting large-scale monuments and historic sites. In the lead article, it was discussed that the role of documentation primarily fulfils 3 functions:

(1) recording and collating of available information;
(2) as a reference for conservation and preservation decisions; and
(3) for advocacy and communication.

It would be interesting to apply these considerations to the usual documentation that is done on a much smaller scale (but not any less complex, sometimes) for museum artefacts.