Stastämerkintä
Stastämerkintä is a term found in some Finnish-language contexts to denote a notation applied to a record, item, or document that signals its current status within a workflow or lifecycle. It functions as a concise indicator used by organizations to convey whether something is in progress, approved, archived, or otherwise active.
In practice, stastämerkintä is typically incorporated into metadata fields or physical labels. It supports process management
The term is less common in modern standard Finnish, where statusmerkintä or similar expressions are often preferred.
Implementation considerations include using controlled vocabularies for statuses to ensure interoperability, documenting the meaning of each
See also: status marker, metadata, workflow status, provenance, archival labeling.