Patent ID: 8554772

Claim:
A computer program product comprising a tangible computer readable storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code that is stored in a tangible medium comprising: computer program code configured to receive a document for entry into a records management system and determine a presence of information sufficient to classify the document within a record category of the records management system, wherein the records management system includes a plurality of record containers each associated with a corresponding record category of a file plan and manages declared records in accordance with policies associated with one or more file plans; computer program code configured to declare the document as a declared record of the records management system and to determine that the declared record has an indeterminate classification due to insufficient information for classification of the record into a record category of the records management system; computer program code configured to defer classification of the declared record; computer program code configured to place the declared record in a temporary container associated with a file plan of the records management system; computer program code configured to determine the occurrence of a classification event associated with the declared record subsequent to placing the declared record in the temporary container; computer program code configured to, upon the occurrence of the classification event: check the declared record to determine that the declared record is configured to be classified within the records management system due to the occurrence of the classification event; determine a classification of the declared record within the records management system in response to the record being configured to be classified; and place the declared record in a record container corresponding to the classification.