> There is a crucial distinction between recording and representing that is often overlooked or confused. Recording is a process that produces a record as its output, while representing is having a certain functional status or role. Something can be both a record and a representation, but they are not the same thing. Recognizing [[this distinction]] is key to properly characterizing [[representational genera]]. Tags: `representation/recording` `representation/distinction` Keywords: recording, representing, distinction, process, function