Terminology Database
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- acceptance
- access
- access privileges
- access privileges code
- access restrictions
- access restrictions code
- access rights
- accessibility
- accession
- accession record
- accessioned records
- accountability
- accrual
- accuracy
- acquire
- acquired records
- acquisition
- act
- action
- active record
- activity
- actors
- address
- addressee
- addressee’s name
- administrative accountability
- administrative context
- administrative control
- admissibility
- affix
- agency
- agent
- aggregate archival unit
- aggregated records
- alteration
- analogue
- analogue component
- analogue data
- analogue document
- analogue encoding
- analogue medium
- analogue object
- analogue record
- analogue system
- annotation
- application
- application profile
- application programming interface
- appraisal
- appraisal decisions
- appraisal strategy
- appreciation
- architecture
- archival aggregation
- archival arrangement
- archival bond
- archival date
- archival description
- archival description system
- archival document
- archival documentation
- archival fonds
- archival framework
- archival methodology
- archival preservation
- archival preservation system
- archival science
- archival unit
- archive
- archives
- archivist
- arranged records
- arrangement
- assessments of authenticity
- attachment
- attestation
- attributes
- audiovisual
- audiovisual record
- audit trail
- aural record
- authentic copy
- authentic record
- authenticate
- authenticated record
- authentication
- authenticity
- authenticity requirement
- author
- authoritative copy
- authoritative record
- authoritative version
- authority
Term | authenticity
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Dictionary Definitions
- n., 1. Proven of an original when it was written, printed, executed or signed as it claims to have been. 2. Proven of a copy when it is a true copy of the original. 3. Proven of the copy of a letter, telecommunication or telegram when the original was sent as claimed and received by the addressee. [The Dictionary of Canadian Law, 3rd ed. c2004]
- n., The trustworthiness of a record as a record; i.e., the quality of a record that is what it purports to be and that is free from tampering or corruption. See also: identity; integrity.
