In plain English
This means the record is still being worked on. It is not in its finished form and has not been made final.
In context
Here, draft communicates that the form or record is still unfinished and not final yet.
- Situation
- Reading processing, queue, validation, success, warning, and error messages
- What it communicates
- marks the form or record as not final yet
Meaning limits
This status alone does not say when the record will become final or what unfinished work remains.
Examples
“At the hearing, the judge read from a draft order rather than the final version.”
“She returned the draft application to her folder after noticing two unanswered sections.”