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
- back up
- back-end database
- backup
- backward compatibility
- baseline authenticity requirements
- basic copy
- benchmark authenticity requirements
- best practice
- binary code
- binary encoding
- bit
- bitmap
- bitstream
- bounded variability
- business process
- byte
- byte stream
- byte-serialized encoding
- calling convention
- capture
- captured document
- central processing unit
- certificate of authenticity
- chain of preservation
- character
- character set
- chronological date
- ciphertext
- classification
- classification code
- classification scheme
- classified record
- classify
- clause
- compact disc
- compatibility
- competence
- competent person
- compile
- complete record
- completeness
- compliant
- complimentary clause
- component
- compose
- compression
- conformed copy
- content
- context
- controlling agency
- conversion
- conversion of records
- copy
- copy in form of original
- copy of outgoing document
- corporate body
- correct
- corroboration
- corruption
- countersigner
- CPU
- created record
- creation procedure
- creator
- cross-platform
- crosswalk
- cryptographic system
- cryptography
- cryptosystem
- current record
- custodian
- custody
- data
- data element
- data format
- data grid
- data hierarchy
- data model
- data processing
- data restoration
- data stream
- data type
- database
- date of compilation
- date of document
- date of receipt
- date of record
- date of transmission
- de facto standard
- de jure standard
- declared record
- decompression
- degree of perfection
- described records
- description
- description of action or matter
- descriptive instrument
- designated records preserver
- digital
- digital archaeology
- digital audio tape
- digital component
- digital data
- digital document
- digital encoding
- digital entity
- digital format
- digital linear tape
- digital medium
- digital object
- digital presentation
- digital preservation
- digital record
- digital signature
- digital system
- digital timestamp
- digital videodisc
- diplomatics
- directive
- disposition
- dispositive
- dispositive record
- document
- document schema
- document type definition
- documentary context
- documentary form
- documentary presentation
- documentary procedure
- documentation
- dossier
- draft
- DRAM
- duplicate
- durable encoding
- dynamic computing
- dynamic random-access memory
- dynamic record
- dynamic system
- e-government
- e-mail attachment
- effective record
- effectiveness
- electronic
- electronic address
- electronic record
- electronic seal
- electronic signature
- electronic system
- element
- element of form
- element set
- emulation
- enabling record
- encapsulation
- encoding
- encryption
- entitling
- entity
- entity type
- eschatocol
- evidence
- executed record
- execution annotation
- execution phase
- experiential record
- experiential system
- exposition
- extensible markup language
- external user
- extrinsic element
- fact
- feasibility of preservation
- field
- file
- file format
- final clause
- first manifestation of a record
- fixed form
- fixity
- folder
- fonds
- form
- format
- formula perpetuitatis
- framework
- freeze
- function
- functionality
- genuine record
- genuineness
- gloss
- graphic record
- guideline
- handling office
- handling person
- hard disk
- hearsay rule
- hierarchy
- historical accountability
- HTML document
- human-readable format
- hypertext
- hypertext markup language
- IDEF0
- identifier
- identity
- imitative copy
- inactive record
- incoming document
- incoming record
- indication of action
- indication of attachments
- information
- information system
- initialization
- inscription
- instantiation
- instructive record
- intact record
- integrated business and documentary procedures
- integrated definition function modeling method
- integrity
- intellectual content
- intellectual control
- intellectual form
- intellectual property rights
- interactive record
- interactive system
- interactivity
- internal document
- internal record
- interoperability
- intrinsic element
- inventory
- invocation
- item
- juridical person
- juridical system
- juridical-administrative context
- LAN
- language
- legitimate successor
- lifecycle
- list of annotations
- list of format changes
- local area network
- logical format
- logical namespace
- logical structure
- longevity
- lossless compression
- lossy compression
- machine code
- machine hierarchy
- machine language
- made document
- made record
- maintenance strategy
- MAN
- manifest
- manifested digital component
- manifested digital document
- manifested digital record
- marginalia
- mark-up
- markup language
- markup tag
- medium
- metadata
- metadata element
- metadata element set
- metadata encoding scheme
- metadata mapping
- metadata schema
- metadata schema registry
- metadata set
- methodology
- metropolitan area network
- migration
- migration of records
- mode of transmission
- model
- name of action or matter
- name of place of origin
- namespace
- narrative
- narrative record
- natural hierarchy
- natural person
- network
- non-current record
- non-proprietary
- non-repudiation
- non-volatile storage
- normalization
- notation
- notification
- object
- obsolescence
- obsolete record
- obsolete technology
- office of primary responsibility
- official record
- open architecture
- open-source
- open-standard products and formats
- operational record
- optical disk
- organization
- original file
- original record
- originator
- originator’s name
- outgoing document
- outgoing record
- overall presentation
- packet
- packet switching
- parity bit
- perfect
- perfect record
- permanent preservation
- permanent preservation system
- persistent archive
- persistent format
- persistent object
- persistent object preservation
- persistent storage
- person
- pertinent
- physical form
- physical person
- physical structure
- plaintext
- planned disposition
- platform
- platform-independent
- platform-neutral
- policy
- potential record
- preamble
- precise
- presented digital record
- preservation
- preservation emulation
- preservation strategy
- preservation system
- preserved record
- preserver
- presumption of authenticity
- primary storage
- primitiveness
- priority of transmission
- private key
- probative
- probative record
- procedural context
- procedure
- process
- program record
- property sheets
- proprietary
- prospective record
- protocol
- protocol register
- provenance
- provenancial context
- pseudo-original
- public accountability
- public key
- public key cryptosystem
- public key encryption
- public key infrastructure
- publication
- qualification of signature
- received document
- received record
- recipient
- recipient’s name
- reconstitute
- record
- record attribute
- record characteristic
- record creation
- record element
- record identity
- record integrity
- record profile
- record version
- record-making
- record-making access privileges
- record-making metadata schemes
- record-making system
- recordkeeping
- recordkeeping access privileges
- recordkeeping metadata schemes
- recordkeeping office
- recordkeeping system
- records aggregation
- records continuum
- records creator
- records forms
- records keeper
- records lifecycle
- records management
- records management function
- records manager
- records officer
- records preservation
- records preservation strategy
- records preservation system
- records retention schedule
- records series
- records system
- refreshing
- refreshing of records
- registered record
- registration number
- registration scheme
- registry system
- reliability
- reliable record
- render
- reproduce
- reproduced digital record
- reproducible digital record
- reproduction
- repurposing
- requirement
- resource description framework
- retention schedule
- retrieval system
- retrospective record
- rule
- salutation
- save
- schema
- schema document
- scheme
- science
- scientific method
- script
- seal
- secondary storage
- secretarial note
- selection system
- self-authenticating
- self-describing
- semantic rule
- semantic schema
- semiactive record
- semicurrent record
- sent document
- sent record
- serialize
- series
- set aside
- SGML document
- SGML-compliant document
- signature
- simple copy
- software re-engineering
- special sign
- specific presentation feature
- specification
- stable
- standard
- standard generalized markup language
- standards
- state of transmission
- status of transmission
- stored digital component
- stored digital document
- stored digital object
- stored digital record
- strategy
- subject
- subject line
- subscription
- superscription
- supporting
- supporting record
- symbol
- syntactic rule
- system
- tag
- technological context
- technology preservation
- technology-dependent authentication
- technology-independent authentication
- terms and conditions of transfer
- text
- third-party intellectual property rights
- timestamp
- title
- tools
- topical date
- transaction
- transformative migration
- transformative migration of records
- transmission
- trusted custodian
- trusted preservation system
- trusted recordkeeping system
- trusted records officer
- trusted third party
- trustworthiness
- truthful
- UDF
- unbroken custody
- unicode
- uniform resource locator
- universal character set transformation format 8
- universal disk format
- universal resource locator
- upgrade
- URL
- UTF-8
- verification of authenticity
- version
- virtual record
- vital record code
- volatile storage
- WAN
- wide area network
- word
- work
- wrapper
- wrapper format
- writer
- writer’s name
- written record
- XML document
Term | archival description
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- n., The creation of an accurate representation of a unit of description and its component parts, if any, by capturing, analyzing, organizing and recording information that serves to identify, manage, locate and explain archival materials and the context and records systems which produced it. Syn.: description. See also: administrative control; archival documentation; described records; descriptive instrument; intellectual control.
