The Continuum concept of pluralisation is often misunderstood. This paper aims to explain how records are embedded in the society that created them from the time of their creation and how they can be further embedded throughout their lifespan by adding metadata to them, placing them in context, making them accessible to those who will need them in the future and potentially sharing them with the broader society according to societal rules. The author proposes to use the concept of societal embeddedness, which indicates that pluralisation is not just about sharing in the future, but also about incorporating societal expectations in records and recordkeeping systems, to help explain the concept of pluralisation. She shows how using simple examples from everyday life and discussing the societal context of the creation and use of records can help explain Records Continuum concepts, and in particular the concept of pluralisation, to students from non-English speaking backgrounds.

Continuum多元化的概念经常被误解。本文旨在解释如何将记录嵌入到创建记录的社会中，以及如何通过将元数据添加到记录中，将其置于上下文中，使需要的人访问记录来在整个生命周期中进一步记录它们。他们将来可能会根据社会规则与更广泛的社会分享。作者建议使用社会包容性的概念，该概念表明多元化不仅涉及未来的共享，而且还涉及将社会期望纳入记录和记录保存系统中，以帮助解释多元化的概念。