11. A method for processing documents, the method comprising: creating a reservation for a paper document; specifying in the reservation for the paper document metadata corresponding to the paper document, where the metadata includes a unique identifier of a label that is applied to the paper document and further includes a disposition policy for the paper document; applying the label to the paper document; scanning the paper document to generate an electronic document corresponding to the paper document; reading the unique identifier of the label in the electronic document; linking the electronic document with the reservation for the paper document based on the unique identifier of the label; storing the electronic document in a database; and scheduling disposition of the paper document according to the disposition policy for the paper document that was specified by the user during the reservation session for the paper document.
11. A method for processing documents, the method comprising: creating a reservation for a paper document; specifying in the reservation for the paper document metadata corresponding to the paper document, where the metadata includes a unique identifier of a label that is applied to the paper document and further includes a disposition policy for the paper document; applying the label to the paper document; scanning the paper document to generate an electronic document corresponding to the paper document; reading the unique identifier of the label in the electronic document; linking the electronic document with the reservation for the paper document based on the unique identifier of the label; storing the electronic document in a database; and scheduling disposition of the paper document according to the disposition policy for the paper document that was specified by the user during the reservation session for the paper document. 17. The method of claim 11 wherein the disposition policy comprises one of multiple default disposition policies that each correspond to a defined document type.