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Terms or Phrases
- 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
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Dictionary Definitions
- n., [institution] An agency or institution responsible for the preservation and communication of records selected for permanent preservation.
- n., [place] A place where records selected for permanent preservation are kept.
- n., [records] The whole of the documents made and received by a juridical or physical person or organization in the conduct of affairs, and preserved. Syn.: fonds.
- n., 1. A place where old records are kept. 2. The body of documents of all kinds, regardless of date, created or received by a person or body in meeting requirements or carrying on activities, preserved for their general information value. [The Dictionary of Canadian Law, 3rd ed. c2004]
