DEFINITION:<br/>An organized representation of information in publishable, human-readable form (that persists over time).<br/><br/>EXAMPLE(S):<br/>Study Protocol, Adverse Event Report, Expedited Adverse Event Report, Institutional Review Board (IRB) Report, X-Ray Report, Lab Summary Report, Autopsy Report<br/><br/>OTHER NAME(S):<br/><br/>NOTE(S):<br/>A document groups the various document versions and has the following characteristics: 1) Stewardship, 2) Potential for authentication, 3) Wholeness, 4) Human readability, 5) Persistence, 6) Global vs local context (the person that signs it is the author of all sections unless otherwise noted).<br/><br/>Regulatory processes require the submission of documents from the Applicant to the Regulatory Authority. These documents are varied in focus and are often defined by the field of study or by the regulatory application requirements of the region or Regulatory Authority (e.g., Integrated Summary of Safety, Pharmacokinetics Written Summary). <br/>