r”. [Government]
copy of outgoing document
n., A change in the form, content or attributes of a record such that the record one is accessing can no longer be considered the one that it purports to be. [Archives]
n., A change in data such that the data content received is not what was originally sent. [Arts]
n., The act of doing something with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others; a
fiduciary's or official's use of a station or office to procure some b


enefit either personally or for someone else
, contrary to the
rights of others. [Government]
n., The person who, by signing a record, assumes responsibility for the regularity of the procedure generating it and for
its forms. [General Dictionaries]
n., The person who, by signing a record, assumes responsibility for the regularity of the procedure generating it and for i
ts forms. [General Dictionaries]
n., The reproduction of a document sent to an external juridical or physical person, which is simultan


eously set aside as a
record by the creator, usually in a recordkeeping system. [Archives]
Initialism for “central processing unit.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
creator
n., A made or received document declared a record and set aside for action or reference, usually in a recordkeeping system. [Archives]
crosswalk
n.,
 The procedure governing the formation of the record and/or its participation in the act. [Archives]
current record
See
: records creator [Archives]
n., An entity that generates


records in the course of its activities. [Archives]
n., Individual person, organisation or other body that generates records in the course of their activities (MG). [Archives]
n., The person or organization that creates or receives and accumulates documents. [Archives]
n., The physical or juridical person who makes, receives, or accumulates records by reason of its mandate/mission, functions or
activities. [Archives]
n., In archives, the individual or agency responsible for creating, receiving, accumula


ting, or otherwise producing records or
documents for which some form of disposition must be made once their archival value has been appraised. Also refers to the
person responsible for producing an original work of visual art. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The entity that is responsible for something's production, accumulation, or formation. [General Dictionaries]
: active record. [Archives]
n., The capability of software or hardware to run identically on different platforms; facilitated by th


e adoption of open-standard products and formats. Syn.: platform-independent; platform-neutral. [Computer and Information Sciences]
 Any computer system that involves cryptography. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A chart or table that represents the semantic mapping of fields or data elements in one metadata standard to fields or data elements in another standard that has a similar function or meaning. [General Dictionaries]
n., The capability of software or hardware to run identically on differe


nt platforms; facilitated by the adoption of
open-standard products and formats. Syn.: platform-independent; platform-neutral. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n.,
 Any computer system that involves cryptography. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A chart or table that represents the semantic mapping of fields or data elements in one metadata standard to fields or
data elements in another standard that has a similar function or meaning. [General Dictionaries]
n., The practice and study of protect


ing information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called
 ciphertext. Only those who possess a secret (private) key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plaintext. [Compute
r and Information Sciences]
n., [custodians] Persons officially entrusted with guarding and keeping things, such as property, artifacts, or records, or with
custody or guardianship of people, such as prisoners, inmates, or wards. [Arts]
n.,
 Shorthand for “cryptographic system.” [Computer and Informati


on Sciences]
n., The person or organization that creates or receives and accumulates documents. [Archives]
n., See
: active record. [Archives]
n., In archives, the individual or agency responsible for creating, receiving, accumulating, or otherwise producing records or
n.,
 A person or institution that has charge or custody (of a child, property, papers, or other valuables). [Government]
n., [custodians] Persons officially entrusted with guarding and keeping things, such as property, artifacts, or recor


ds, or with custody or guardianship of people, such as prisoners, inmates, or wards. [Arts]
n., In the legal sense, this word means "guardian" or "protector." It is used euphemistically in lay contexts to mean "janitor." [Government]
n.,
n., The basic responsibility for guardianship of records/archives based upon their physical possession but not necessarily implying legal title. [Archives]
 n.,
 The care and control of a thing or person for inspection, preservation, or security. [Government]
n., A coll


ection of information treated as a unit for storage or use on a computer, especially at the level of the operating system.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n.,
 Initialism for “digital audio tape.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
automatically. [Archives]
n.,
 The smallest meaningful units of information. [Archives]
n., Relevant observations made on artifacts serving as the basis for study and discussion. [Sciences]
n., Facts or instructions represented in a formalized manner, suitable for trans


mission, interpretation or processing manually or
automatically. [Archives]
n., The symbolic representation of facts or ideas, especially when in the form in which it was originally collected and is
unanalyzed. [Archives]
n., Information, in any form, on which computer programs operate. The distinction between program (instructions) and data is a
fundamental one in computing (see von Neumann machine). It is in this fundamental sense that the word is used in terms such as
data, data break, data bus, data c


artridge, data communications, data compression, data name, data protection, data subject, and
data type. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Numbers, characters, images, or other method of recording, in a form which can be assessed by a human or (especially) input
into a computer, stored and processed there, or transmitted on some digital channel. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Technically, raw facts and figures, such as orders and payments, which are processed into information, such as bala


nce and
due and quantity on hand. However, in common usage, the terms data and information are used synonymously. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., Any form of information whether in paper or electronic form. In electronic form, data refers to the files and databases, text documents, images and digitally-encoded voice and video. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A general term for information; particularly used for information stored in a database. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Da


ta is distinguished from other contrasting forms of information on which computers operate, such as text, graphics, speech, and image. The distinguishing characteristic is that it is organized in a structured, repetitive, and often compressed way. Typically the structure takes the form of sets of fields, where the field names are omitted (this omission being a main means of achieving compression). The “meaning” of such data is not apparent to anyone who does not know what each field signifies (for example,


only a very limited meaning can be attached to “1234” unless you know that it occupies the “employee number” field). That characteristic gives rise to the popular fallacy that “data is meaningless”. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Numbers, characters, images or other methods of recording that represent values that can be stored, processed, and transmitted
by electronic systems. [General Dictionaries]
data element
n.,
 A discrete component of data. [General Dictionaries]
n., The basic unit of inf


ormation in the structured table of data elements. [Computer and Information Sciences]
 The smallest meaningful units of information. [Archives]
n., The organization of data within files, usually designed to facilitate the storage, retrieval, processing, presentation, or transmission of the data by software. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A collection of information treated as a unit for storage or use on a computer, especially at the level of the operating s
ystem. [Computer and Information Sci


ences]
n., The basic responsibility for guardianship of records/archives based upon their physical possession but not necessarily
implying legal title. [Archives]
n., The registration of digital entities into a logical name space. Manipulations of registered material can then b
[ automated through any standard computer application programming interface (API). [Archives]
n., The registration of digital entities into a logical name space. Manipulations of registered material can then be
automated through a


ny standard computer application programming interface (API). [Archives]
n., The system of data objects which provide the methods for information storage and retrieval. Broadly, a data hiera
rchy may be considered to be either natural or machine. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and
physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be use


d, and
how the items in the database will be related to each other. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and
 physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be used, and how
 the items in the database will be related to each other. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An abstract model of some real-world situation or domain of interest


about which information is to be held in a datab
ase and which the logical schema for that database encodes. The term data model (or data modeling method) is also used for a set of logical abstractions employed in constructing such a model. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A grammar of metadata language; a formalized world view that provides a context for metadata by defining the structur
al
relationships between different types of elements and sometimes by characterizing the things to which the ele


ments refer.
[General Dictionaries]
data type
v., The systematic performance of a single operation or sequence of operations by one or more central processing units on data converted to machine-readable format to achieve the result for which the computer program that controls the processing was written. [Computer and Information Sciences]
data stream
n., The process of recovering data or records as bits from a failed, damaged, degraded or obsolete digital medium, followed by steps to restore the intelli


gibility of the recovered data or records. Syn.: digital archaeology. [Computer and Information Sciences]
data restoration
n., A sequence of digitally encoded signals used to represent information in transmission. Also spelled “datastream.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An abstract model of some real-world situation or domain of interest about which information is to be held in a database and
which the logical schema for that database encodes. The term data model (or data modeling method) is al


so used for a set of
logical abstractions employed in constructing such a model. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The representation of information according to preset specifications (e.g., plaintext files, HTML, TIFF, etc.). [Computer and Information Sciences]
relationships between different types of elements and sometimes by characterizing the things to which the elements refer.
n., A collection of data items and links between them, structured in a way that allows it to be accessed, manipulated a


nd extracted by a number of different applications programs or query languages. [General Dictionaries]
n., A large collection of information that has been coded and stored in a computer in such a way that it can be extracted under a
 number of different category headings. [Sciences]
n., A structured assembly of logically related data designed to meet various applications but managed independently of them.
[Archives]
n., Data organized and stored so that it can be manipulated or extracted to meet various


applications but managed independently
of them. [Archives]
n., [databases] Structured assemblies of logically related data, usually machine-readable data, designed to meet various
applications but managed independently of them. [Arts]
n., Information that is accessed and updated through software (a database management system) that has been organized,
structured, and stored so that it can be manipulated and extracted to for various purposes. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Any grouping of data for


 a particular purpose or for the use of a particular set of end users, usually organized via fields, and
providing tools to enable manipulation of the data such as sorting, grouping and extraction. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Normally and strictly, a body of information held within a computer system using the facilities of a database management system. All accessing and updating of the information will be via the facilities provided by this software as will be the recording of information on th


e log file, database recovery, and multiaccess control. [Computer and Information Sciences]  n., A set of interrelated files that is created and managed by a DBMS (Database Management System). [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. A simple
database might be a single file containing many records, each of which contains the same set of fields where each field is a
certain fixed width. [Compu


ter and Information Sciences]
n., An organized collection of information held on a computer. [Government]
n., Any collection of information, automated or not, without regard to how it is accessed or stored. [General Dictionaries]
n., A (large) collection of data items and links between them, structure in a way that allows it to be access by a number of different applications programs or query languages. The terms is also used loosely to describe any collection of data. [General Dictionaries]
n., Any col


lection of information, automated or not, without regard to how it is accessed or stored. [General Dictionaries]
See
: chronological date. [Archives]
n., The date, and possibly the time, a record has been written, included in the record by the author or the electronic system on the author’s behalf. [Archives]
date of receipt
n., The particular place (topical date) and/or time (chronological date) of the compilation and/or issuing of recorded information (the document). [Archives]
declared record
n.,


The date the record is received by the agency to which it was sent. [Archives]
date of document
n.,
 The date assigned to it by the author. [Archives]
n.,
 The date assigned to it by the author. It appears in the intellectual form of the record. [Archives]
n.,
n.,
 The date the record leaves the space in which it was generated. [Archives] : chronological date. [Archives]
n., A standard not issued by any official standards-setting body, but nevertheless widely used and recognized by its users as a stand


ard. [Government]
 The date the record leaves the space in which it was generated. [Archives]
n., A standard issued by an official standards-setting body, whether national (e.g., ANSI), multi-national (e.g., CEN) or international (e.g., ISO). [Government]
 An identified document, made or received by the creator, which has been classified and registered. [Archives]
n.,
 An identified document, made or received by the creator, which has been classified and registered. [Archives]
n., A standard issued by


an official standards-setting body, whether national (e.g., ANSI), multi-national (e.g., CEN) or
international (e.g., ISO). [Government]
v., Returning a compressed image or compressed data to its uncompressed form. Some compression methods lose information so
 that the uncompressed image or data is not equivalent to the original. [Computer and Information Sciences]
digital
n., The completeness, primitiveness and effectiveness (enforceability) of a record. The three degrees of perfection for a record are


draft, original and copy. [Archives]
digital audio tape
n., Arranged records for which information about their nature, make-up and contexts (juridical-administrative, provenancial, procedural, documentary and technological) are recorded to facilitate administrative and intellectual control. [Archives]
digital component
See
: archival description [Archives]
descriptive instrument
n., Presentation of the ideal motivation (preamble) and the concrete reason (exposition) for the action as well as the actio


n or matter itself (disposition) as expressed in the content of the record. [Archives]
description of action or matter
n., A tool prepared in the course of archival description and indexing of records for the purposes of administrative and intellectual control. [Archives]
See
n., The entity responsible for taking physical and legal custody of and preserving (i.e., protecting and ensuring
continuous access to) authentic copies of a creator’s inactive records. The role of the designated records preserver s


hould be that of a trusted custodian for a creator’s records.S yn.: designated preserver; preserver. [Archives]
: data restoration [Computer and Information Sciences]
Analyse, define and document the requirements for presenting records and their aggregates, based upon the guideline
s for organizing them, so they can be presented to fulfill requests for records or record aggregates in ways that r
[flects their interrelationships. [Models (BDR)]
n., Presentation of the ideal motivation (preamble) and the c


oncrete reason (exposition) for the action as well as the
action or matter itself (disposition) as expressed in the content of the record. [Archives]
a., The representation of an object or physical process through discrete, binary values. In contrast to an ana
logue representation of an object or physical process, a digitally-encoded representation does not resemble the ori
ginal. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Operating on data (textual, numeric, graphic or audio) represented as a series of usua


lly binary digits or in similar
 discrete form.
n., Representing data as discrete variables in the form of numerical characters, as in a digital clock or a digital comp
uter.
n., (DAT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 4 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using helical
scan recording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., See
: data restoration [Computer and Information Sciences]
Analyse, define and document the requirements for presenting records and their aggregates, based


 upon the guidelines for
organizing them, so they can be presented to fulfill requests for records or record aggregates in ways that reflects their
interrelationships. [Models (BDR)]
n., (DAT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 4 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using helical scan re
cording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Representing data as discrete variables in the form of numerical characters, as in a digital clock or a digital computer.
n., A digital object tha


t is part of one or more digital documents, and the metadata necessary to order, structure or manifest its content and form, requiring a given preservation action. [Archives]
n., A digital object that contains all or part of the content of an electronic record, and/or metadata necessary to order, structure, or manifest the content, and that requires specific methods for preservation of one or more electron [Archives]
 A real or abstract digital construct. [Archives]
n., The smallest meaningful units of i


nformation, expressed as binary bits that are digitally encoded and affixed to a digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A discrete aggregation of one or more bitstreams and the metadata about the properties of the object and, if
applicable, methods of performing operations on the object. [General Dictionaries]
n., A digital component, or group of digital components, that is saved and is treated and managed as a document.
 [Archives]
n., (DLT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can st


ore up to 35 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using
longitudinal recording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
v., The use of discrete numeric values (such as the binary values 0 and 1) rather than a continuous spectrum of value
s (such as those generated by an analogue system). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The smallest meaningful units of information, expressed as binary bits that are digitally encoded and affixed to a
digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n.,
 A real


or abstract digital construct. [Archives]
n.,
 Any aggregation of data. [Archives]  Any aggregation of data. [Archives]
n., The byte-serialized encoding of a digital object that defines the syntactic and semantic rules for the mapping from an inform
ation model to a byte stream and the inverse mapping from that byte stream back to the original information model. In most conte
xts, digital format is used interchangeably with digital file-related concepts such as file format, file wrapper, file encoding, et


c. However, there are some contexts, “such as the network transport of formatted content streams or consideration of content streams at a level of granularity finer than that of an entire file, where specific reference to “file” is inappropriate.”S yn.: digital presentation. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A unit of digital information that includes properties of the object and may also include methods of performing operations on
n., (DLT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 35 g


igabytes of digital data per cassette by using longitudinal recording. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A digital object that contains all or part of the content of an electronic record, and/or metadata necessary to order, structure, or
manifest the content, and that requires specific methods for preservation of one or more electron [Archives]
n., Physical material, such as a CD, DVD, DAT or hard disk, used for storage of digital data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
digital entity
n., A disc


rete aggregation of one or more bitstreams and the metadata about the properties of the object and, if applicable, methods of performing operations on the object. [General Dictionaries]
n., In the technical sense, a type of data structure consisting of digital content, a unique identifier for the content (called a "handle"), and other data about the content, for example, rights metadata. See also: digital asset management and Digital Object Identifier [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A unit of digi


tal information that includes properties of the object and may also include methods of performing operations on
the object. [General Dictionaries]
digital document
n., See
: digital format [Computer and Information Sciences]
diplomatics
v., The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective where they reside. [Computer and Information Sciences]
digital system
n.,
 A digital document that is treated and managed as a record


. [Archives]
n., A record whose content and form are encoded using discrete numeric values (such as the binary values 0 and 1) rather than a continuous spectrum of values (such as those generated by an analogue system).
n., A record that has been captured and fixed for storage and manipulation in a computer system and that requires the use of the
system to be intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n.,
n.,
 An electronic signature based on public key cryptography. [Archives]
n., A digital mark that has the


 function of a signature in, is attached to, or is logically associated with a record, and is used by a signatory to take responsibility for, or to give consent to, the content of the record. [Archives]
n., A code, generally created using a public key infrastructure (PKI), that is associated with a digital object that can verify that the
object has not been altered and, in some contexts, may be used to authenticate the identity of the sender. [Computer a
nd
Information Sciences]
n., An electronic signatur


e that cannot be forged. It is a computed digest of the text that is encrypted with the sender p
rivate key and sent along with the text message. The recipient decrypts the signature with the sender’s public key and recomputes the digest from the received text. If the digests match, the message is authenticated and proved intact from the sender. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., In electronic commerce, a system to confirm the identity of a message's sender as well as the authenticity and integrit
y o


f
electronic documents. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., Extra data appended to a message which identifies and authenticates the sender and message data using public-key encryption.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Data appended to a unit of data held on a computer, or a cryptographic transformation of a data unit, that allows the recipient
of the data unit to prove its source and integrity and protects against forgery. The International Standards Organization defined
this means of identifica


tion and protection. An electronic signature, as defined by the Electronic Communications Act 2000, has
a similar effect in relation to a commercial agreement. [Government]
object has not been altered and, in some contexts, may be used to authenticate the identity of the sender. [Computer and
n.,
 Any system handling binary data, as opposed to an analogue system. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., In electronic commerce, a system to confirm the identity of a message's sender as well as the authentici


ty and integrity of
n., A binary code attached to a record indicating the time that an event occurred, such as creation, receipt, reading, modification or deletion. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Extra data appended to a message which identifies and authenticates the sender and message data using public-key encryption.
n., (DVD) A type of single- or double-sided, optical digital medium that is capable of storing from 4.7 to 8.5 gigabytes of digital data on two continuous, microscopic, spiral track


s or grooves that are cut and read by a laser beam. Its logical format specifications are governed by the Universal Disk Format (UDF) specification.S yn.: digital versatile disc. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Data appended to a unit of data held on a computer, or a cryptographic transformation of a data unit, that allows the recipient
n., The discipline which studies the genesis, forms and transmission of archival documents, and their relationship with the facts represented in them and with their


 creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their true nature. [Archives]
n.,
 The science dealing with the types and elements of documents. [Archives]
n., The study of the creation, forms, and transmission of records, and their relationship to the facts represented in them and to their creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their nature and authenticity. [Archives]
n., An analytical technique for determining the authenticity of records issued by sovereign authorities in


previous centuries.
[Archives]
[Archives]
n., An order or instruction, especially one issued by an agency, corporate body, organization or other central authority. [Government]
n., The study of the creation, forms, and transmission of records, and their relationship to the facts represented in them and to
their creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their nature and authenticity. [Archives]
n., [archives] Records’ final destruction or transfer to an archives as determined by their appr


aisal. [Archives]
n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the core of the text of a document narrating
the expression of the will of the author and the action of the record. [Archives]
n., The actions taken with regard to non-current records following their appraisal and the expiration of their retention periods as provided for by legislation, regulation or administrative procedure. [Archives]
n., The destination of archival documents as determined by their appraisal. [A


rchives]
n., [records schedules] Documents describing the recurring records of an organization or administrative unit, specifying those records to be preserved as having archival value, and authorizing, on a continuing basis and after the lapse of specified retention periods and the occurrence of specified actions or events, the destruction of the remaining records. [Arts]
n., The arrangement of different stops or registers among the keyboards or divisions of a harpsichord or organ. For example, a
single


unison register of a harpsichord is usually designated as 1 × 8'; an octave higher (the four foot) as 1 × 4'. A three-register
harpsichord with two unisons and an octave would be designated 2 × 8', 1 × 4'.
[Arts]
n., The action taken after the appraisal of non-current documents. This may include transfer to a records center or archive
depository for temporary or permanent storage, reproduction on microfilm, or destruction. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The act of transferring something to anothe


r's care or possession, esp. by deed or will; the relinquishing of property.
[Government]
n., Disposal; disposition. Both mean generally "a getting rid of," but "disposal" has more often to do with trash or inconsequential
items, whereas "disposition" is used of assets given to relatives and friends by will. "Disposition" connotes a preconceived plan
and an orderly arrangement. "Disposal," by contrast, bears derogatory connotations--more so in AmE than in BrE. [Government]
directive
a.,
 (of a document)


 constituting a juridical act. [Archives]
disposition
n., A retrospective record whose purpose is to put into existence an act, the effects of which are determined by the writing itself; that is, the written form of the record is the essence and substance of the act. With enabling, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives]
a.,
n.,
 Initialism for “digital linear tape.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
 Initialism for “digital linear tape


.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An indivisible unit of information constituted by a message affixed to a medium (recorded) in a stable syntactic
 manner. A document has fixed form and stable content. [Archives]
n., Recorded information or object which can be treated as a unit. [Archives]
n., Recorded information regardless of medium or characteristics. [Archives]
n., A combination of a medium and the information recorded on or in it, which may be used as evidence or for consultation.
[Archive


s]
n., A single archival, record or manuscript item. Usually physically indivisible. [Archives]
n., Information that has been fixed in written form. [Archives]
n., Refers especially to recorded information regardless of medium or characteristics, whether created specifically as records of
information or used as such at some time subsequent to their creation. In its broadest sense, however, can include any i
tem
amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, not only written and printed materials in paper


or microform versions but also
nonprint media and, in some circumstances, three-dimensional objects or realia. [Arts]
n., A single record or item. Examples include: a sheet of paper with writing; an E-Mail message; a film with images; a magnetic
tape with a sound recording. [Arts]
n., A single component or entity in a set of archival materials, usually a physically indivisible object. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., Any specific type of file produced or edited by a specific application; usually c


apable of being printed. E.g. "Word
document", "Photoshop document", etc. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A generic term for a physical entity consisting of any substance on which is recorded all or a portion of one or more works for
the purpose of conveying or preserving knowledge. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A piece of text considered to be a single item and usually stored as a file. The document might be a letter, a report, a chapter,
etc. It will usually have a unique name, and may


 have other attributes attached to it, such as a brief description of what it contains
and who composed it. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Something that records or transmits information, typically in writing on paper. For the purposes of providing evidence to a court, documents include books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, graphs, discs, tapes, soundtracks, and films. [Government]
n., A unit of data or information, especially written or textual, that has been compiled and formatted for a sp


ecific purpose that
includes content and structure, and may include context. [General Dictionaries]
n., Something that records or transmits information, typically in writing on paper. For the purposes of providing evidence to a
court, documents include books, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, graphs, discs, tapes, soundtracks, and films. [Government]
n., A file describing the tag structure of an XML-encoded document, as in an XML Document Type Definition. [Computer and Information Sciences]
includes co


ntent and structure, and may include context. [General Dictionaries]
n., (DTD) A formal specification that contains or points to the syntactic rules according to which an SGML-compliant document can be composed. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., (DTD) The definition of a document type in SGML or XML, consisting of a set of mark-up tags and their interpretation. [Computer and Information Sciences]
documentary form
n.,
 The archival fonds to which a record belongs, and its internal structure. [Archi


ves]
document type definition
n., The rules of representation according to which the content of a record, its administrative and documentary context, and its authority are communicated. Documentary form possesses both extrinsic and intrinsic elements.S yn.: documentary presentation. [Archives]
n., Rules that structure a document's extrinsic and intrinsic elements in order to communicate its content, its administrative and documentary context, and its authority. [Archives]
n., Seen., See
: documentary fo


rm [Archives]
n., (DTD) A formal specification that contains or points to the syntactic rules according to which an SGML-compliant
document can be composed. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The body of rules governing the making of an archival document. The more standardized and rigorous the procedure, t
he more reliable the record is presumed to be. [Archives]
n., The body of rules governing the making of an archival document. The more standardized and rigorous the procedure,
the more reliable th


e record is presumed to be. [Archives]
n., All material that serves primarily to describe a system and make it more readily understandable, rather than to contribute in some way to the actual operation of the system. Documentation is frequently classified according to
purpose; thus for a given system there may be requirements documents, design documents, and so on. In contrast to documentation oriented toward development and maintenance of the system, user documentation describes those aspects of the syste


m that are of interest to end-users. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The organization and processing of documents or data including location, identification, acquisition, analysis, storage, retrieval, presentation and circulation for the information of users. [Archives]
n., Use broadly for the gathering and recording of information, especially to establish or provide evidence of facts or testimony.For the organizing and controlling of information, use "information management." For the records of i


nformation, regardless of
 medium or characteristics, either created specifically as records of information or used as such at some time subsequent to their
 creation, use "documents." [Arts]
 Initialism for “dynamic random-access memory.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The aggregation of all the records that participate in the same affair or relate to the same event, person, place,
 project, or other subject. Syn.: file. [Archives]
n., A file relating to a specific action, event, person, place


, project, or other subject. A case file is sometimes
 referred to as a project file or dossier. [Archives]
n., The smallest interrelated aggregation of records, usually named after the person, activity, or subject to whi
ch it refers. A
dossier should not be confused with a folder. A dossier is a conceptual unit aggregated on the basic of the action or matter wi
th
which it deals. [Archives]
n., The aggregation of all the documents related to the same affair. [Archives]
n., A dossier may be distributed


across a number of folders. [Archives]
n., A group of documents assembled to provide information about a specific topic. [General Dictionaries]
n., The aggregation of all the documents related to the same affair. [Archives]
n.,
 A record made for purposes of correction. [Archives]
n., A rough or preliminary form of a document, sometimes retained as evidence. [Archives]
n., A temporary compilation made for purposes of correction. [Archives]
n., [Drafts] Preliminary or tentative versions of documents. [


Arts]
n., A version of a document, in handwritten, typed, printed, or digital form, not intended to be final but instead subject to future
modification (correction, revision, etc.), sometimes by a person or persons other than the original author. See also: bill.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An initial unsigned agreement, treaty, or piece of legislation, which is not yet in force. [Government]
n., A document ordering a second party to transfer a specified amount of money to an individual named


in the document.
[General Dictionaries]
n., A version of a text or image, especially a preliminary version to be further revised. [General Dictionaries]
n., The organization and processing of documents or data including location, identification, acquisition, analysis, storage,
retrieval, presentation and circulation for the information of users. [Archives]
n.,
 Initialism for “dynamic random-access memory.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
medium or characteristics, either created specifically as rec


ords of information or used as such at some time subsequent to their
n.,
 Initialism for “document type definition.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
draft
See
: copy
duplicate
n., The encoding of digital documents or other digital objects to conform to well-known data processing standards down to the level of encoding bits as ASCII or Unicode UTF-8, and objects as XML. [Computer and Information Sciences]
dvd
Initialism for “digital videodisc” or “digital versatile disc.” [Computer and Information


Sciences]
e-government
n., Flexible and adaptable approaches to tailoring computing resources to demands. [Computer and Information Sciences]
effective record
n., (DRAM) A type of semiconductor memory in which the information is stored in capacitors on a metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit. Due to leakage the capacitor discharges gradually and the memory cell loses the information. Therefore, to preserve the information, the memory has to be refreshed periodically. [Computer and Information Sci


ences]
dynamic computing
n., A record the content of which is dependent upon data that might have variable instantiations and be held in databases and spreadsheets internal or external to the system in which the record is generated. [Archives]
n.,
 A document that includes content taken from external sources that changes as those external sources change. [Archives]
Initialism for “digital videodisc” or “digital versatile disc.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A system linked to particular algor


ithmic programming and mathematical system capabilities, as expressed i
n this statement: "The identification of dynamic systems concerns the definition of a mathematical model which behaves like a process solely on the basis of its measurements" [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Flexible and adaptable approaches to tailoring computing resources to demands. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., A record capable of reaching the consequences or producing the effects for which it was intended. [Gene


ral Dictionaries]
n., The use of information technologies, especially the Internet to improve government services for and interactions with
citizens (G2C) , businesses and industry (G2B), and different division of government (G2G) by simplifying processes, and
by integrating and eliminating redundant systems. [General Dictionaries]
a., The characteristic of a record that refers to the presence within it of all the elements required by the creator and the
 juridical system for it to be capable of reaching


the consequences or producing the effects for which it was intended. Wit
h completeness and primitiveness, a quality presented by an original record. [Archives]
n.,
 The capacity to be effective, i.e. to reach the purpose for which the object was generated. [General Dictionaries]
n.,
n., The use of information technologies, especially the Internet to improve government services for and interactions with citizens (G2C) , businesses and industry (G2B), and different division of government (G2G) by simplifyi


ng processes, and by integrating and eliminating redundant systems. [General Dictionaries] n., Services on the net, that are customer (citizen/business) oriented and not service provider oriented. It is service delivery independent of place and time. And it is hopefully a single interface to government. [General Dictionaries]
n., The delivery of information and services online through the Internet or other digital means. [General Dictionaries]
n., Cross government co-operation. Data should be a shared res


ource. [General Dictionaries]
n., Services based on Internet technologies. This involves IP networking, WWW technologies and standard browsers for easy and
flexible access to information and to interactive services. [General Dictionaries]
n., Government use of the web to enhance information access and service delivery to citizens, businesses and other government
customers. [General Dictionaries]
flexible access to information and to interactive services. [General Dictionaries]
n.,
 An aural record gener


ated by an electronic device. [Arts]
electronic
n.,
 A science that deals with transformation of sound energy into electric energy and vice versa. [General Dictionaries]
electronic record
n., Device or technology associated with or employing low voltage current and solid state integrated circuits or components, usually for transmission and/or processing of analogue or digital data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
electronic address
n., A location of data, usually in main memory or on a disk. You c


an think of computer memory as an array of storage boxes, each of which is one byte in length. Each box has an address (a unique number) assigned to it. By specifying a memory address, programmers can access a particular byte of data. Disks are divided into tracks and sectors, each of which has a unique address. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A name or token that identifies a network component. In local area networks (LANs), for example, every node has a unique address. On the Internet, every file


 has a unique address called a URL. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Device or technology associated with or employing low voltage current and solid state integrated circuits or
components, usually for transmission and/or processing of analogue or digital data. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., An analogue or digital record that is carried by an electrical conductor and requires the use of electronic equipment to
 be intelligible by a person.
n., [Defined as MACHINE READABLE RECORDS/ARCHIVES


] Records/archives usually in code, recorded on a medium such as a
magnetic disc, magnetic tape, punched card, whose contents are accessible only by machine and organized in accordance
with the principle of provenance. [Archives]
n., A record which is in electronic form. [Archives]
n., Information that has been captured and fixed for storage and manipulation in an automated system and that requires the u
sed of the system to render it intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n., Records on electronic storag


e media. [Archives]
n., A record that has been made or received, and fixed for storage and manipulation in a computer system and that requires t
he
use of the system to be intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n., Bibliographic or archival records stored on a medium, such as magnetic tape/disk or optical disk, that requires computer
equipment for retrieval and processing. Compare with machine-readable records. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Information that has been captured and fixed for storage


 and manipulation in an automated system and that requires the used
of the system to render it intelligible by a person. [Archives]
n., A means of authenticating a record and its author or a means of protecting the confidentiality of the record by ensuring that the record is only opened by the intended addressee. It is a distinct type of electronic signature. [Archives]
n., A record that has been made or received, and fixed for storage and manipulation in a computer system and that requires the
n., A digi


tal mark that has the function of a signature in, is attached to, or is logically associated with a record, and is used by a signatory to take responsibility for, or to give consent to, the content of the record. [Archives]
n., A digital mark, code, or other symbol that identifies an individual and indicates responsiblity for or consent to the content of the material to which it is affixed. [Archives]
n., An electronic symbol, sound, or process that is either attached to or logically associated with a doc


ument (such as a contract or
other record) and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. Types of electronic signatures include a
typed name at the end of an e-mail, a digital image of a handwritten signature, and the click of an "I accept" button on an
e-commerce site. [Government]
typed name at the end of an e-mail, a digital image of a handwritten signature, and the click of an "I accept" button on an
n., [Electronic Records System] Any information system that produces, proce


sses, or stores records by using a computer. Often called an automated information system. [Government]
e-mail
n.,
 A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. [General Dictionaries]
element set
n., A constituent part of the record’s documentary form, visible on the face of the record. It may be either extrinsic, like a seal, or intrinsic, like a subscription. [Archives]
e-mail attachment
n.,
 Collections of elements that have at least one characteristic in common. [Gen


eral Dictionaries] n., Collections of objects or elements that have at least one characteristic in common. For example, the set X may consist of all the elements x1, x2, x3, etc. This is written {x1, x2, x3,…} = X. [Sciences]
 A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. [General Dictionaries]
n., An abbreviation of electronic mail, an Internet protocol that allows computer users to exchange messages and da
ta files in real time with other users, locally and across networks.


 [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Messages, documents, etc., sent between users of computer systems, the computer systems being used to transp
ort and hold the e-mail. [Sciences]
n., A means for an originator of information to distribute information to an unlimited number of recipients via a val
ue added
network service which mimics the functions of the paper postal services. [Arts]
n., Messages automatically passed from one computer user to another, often through computer networks and/or via mode


ms over
telephone lines. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A means of transmitting correspondence over telephone lines, cable lines and/or computer networks or of relaying messages
via satellite networks. [General Dictionaries]
n., The transmission of messages over communications networks. Language designation refers to the language of the host site.
[General Dictionaries]
n., A means of transmitting correspondence over telephone lines, cable lines and/or computer networks or of relaying messages
n


., A file that is linked to and is transmitted along with an e-mail message. The attached file can be of any type. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The transmission of messages over communications networks. Language designation refers to the language of the host site.
n., The reproduction of the behaviour and results of obsolete software or systems through the development of new hardware and/or software to allow execution of the old software or systems on future computers. Syn.: preservation emulati


on. [General Dictionaries]
n., A process of imitation, which is a frequent feature accompanying competition. Customs, buildings, and artifacts in one society
 may be adopted by neighbouring ones through imitation, which is often competitive in nature. [Sciences]
n., Moving the information to new hardware but with a additional software component which emulates the old hardware, thus
allowing execution of the old application software. [Archives]
n., When one system performs in exactly the same way as anoth


er, though perhaps not at the same speed. A typical example
would be emulation of one computer by (a program running on) another. You might use an emulation as a replacement for a
system whereas you would use a simulation if you just wanted to analyse it and make predictions about it. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., Emulation should be more than simulation. This should mimic exactly the behaviour of the circumstances that it is emulating.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The exact execution


 on a given computer of a program written for a different computer, accepting the identical data and
producing the identical results. Emulation is thus the imitation of all or part of one computer system by another system. It may be
achieved by software, microprogram, or hardware. A particular emulation could be used as a replacement for all or part of the
system being emulated, and furthermore could be an improved version. For example, a new computer may emulate an obsolete
one so that programs written for


 the old one will run without modification. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The use of one system to reproduce the behaviours and results of another system. [General Dictionaries]
entity
n., A prospective record encoded in machine language that is actively involved in carrying out an action or process. With dispositive, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives]
evidence
n., The process of binding together a digital document or othe


r digital object and the means of providing access to it, normally in a wrapper that describes what it is in a way that can be understood by a wide range of technologies (such as an XML document). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The technique used by layered protocols in which a layer adds header information to the protocol data unit (PDU) from the layer above. As an example, in Internet terminology, a packet would contain a header from the physical layer, followed by a header from the network laye


r (IP), followed by a header from the transport layer (TCP), followed by the application protocol data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
entity type
n., The representation of symbols in some alphabet by symbols or strings of symbols in some other alphabet. [Computer and Information Sciences]
encapsulation
n., The conversion of data into a secret code (or of plaintext into ciphertext) for transmission over a public network. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The process of encoding plaintext int


o ciphertext so that it can be read only by those who know the cipher to unscramble the message. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The mechanism of coding data transmitted by various telecommunications systems so that only authorized users may have
access to it. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Any procedure used in cryptography to convert plaintext into ciphertext (encrypted message) in order to prevent
 any but the
intended recipient from reading that data. [Computer and Information Sciences


]
n., The representation of symbols in some alphabet by symbols or strings of symbols in some other alphabet. [Computer
and Information Sciences]
n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the name, title, capacity and address of the
physical or juridical person issuing the document, or of which the author of the document is an agent. [Archives]
n., A prospective record encoded in machine language that is actively involved in carrying out an action or process. With
disposi


tive, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives]
n.,
 A real or abstract thing. [Archives]
n., In Geographic Information Systems, a thing that exists such as a building or a lake, which is distinguishable from another entity, cannot be divided into two or more similar entities, and about which information can be stored, possibly in terms of attributes, position, shape, and relationships. An entity class is a specified group of entities. [Scien


ces]
n., In programming, any item, such as a data item or statement, that can be named or denoted in a program. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., The process of encoding plaintext into ciphertext so that it can be read only by those who know the cipher to unscramble the
message. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The kind of entity identified or described in or addressed by a metadata schema; for example, fonds, records, agents, recordkeeping business. [Archives]
access to it. [Computer and I


nformation Sciences]
n., [documentary form] The final part of the document, which contains the documentary context of the action and the final formulae. [Archives]
intended recipient from reading that data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., All the means by which any alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted to investigation, is established or disproved. [Government]
n., The relationship shown between a fact to be proven and the record(s) that prove(s) it. [Archives]
n., That which


tends to prove the existence or nonexistence of some fact. It may consist of testimony, documentary evidence,
real evidence, and, when admissible, hearsay evidence. [Government]
n., A record, an object, testimony, or other material that is used to prove or disprove a fact. [General Dictionar
ies]
n., Secondary users (e.g., journalists, researchers and other external users) who are allowed to access the records
creator's recordkeeping system on-line. [Archives]
n., A record that has participated in the ex


ecution phase of an administrative procedure and to which metadata th
at convey the actions taken during the course of the procedure have been attached, such as priority of transmission, transmission date, time and/or place, actions taken, etc. [Archives]
n., A record that has participated in the execution phase of an administrative procedure and to which metadata that
convey the actions taken during the course of the procedure have been attached, such as priority of transmission,
transmission date, time a


nd/or place, actions taken, etc. [Archives]
n., An addition made to a record, after its creation, as part of the document execution phase of an administrative procedu
re. [Archives]
n., [diplomatics] An element of the documentary form of a record that constitutes its external appearance. The types of
extrinsic elements include presentation features, electronic signatures, electronic seals, digital timestamps issued by a
trusted third party, and special signs. [Archives]
n., An administrative procedure co


nstituted by all the actions (validation, communication, notification, publication)
 that give formal character to the transaction and the resulting record. [Archives]
n., An administrative procedure constituted by all the actions (validation, communication, notification, publication) that
give formal character to the transaction and the resulting record. [Archives]
n.,
 A record produced, used and maintained in an experiential system. [Archives]
real evidence, and, when admissible, hearsay evidence. [Go


vernment]
n.,
 A system which immerses the user in a sensory experience. [General Dictionaries]
n., Objects whose essence goes beyond the bits that constitute the object to incorporate the behaviour of the rendering system, or
 at least the interaction between the object and the rendering system. [Archives]
exposition
n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the part of the text of a document that narrates the concrete and immediate circumstances generating the act and/o


r the document. [Archives]
executed record
n., (XML) A general-purpose specification for creating custom, cross-platform, text-based, markup languages used both to encode documents and to serialize data; a subset of General Standardized Markup Language (SGML) with use and design similar to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) but employing user-definable markup tags that indicate the logical structure in addition to the display specifications of data elements. [Computer and Information Sciences]
extrinsic el


ement
n., Secondary users (e.g., journalists, researchers and other external users) who are allowed to access the records creator's recordkeeping system on-line. [Archives]
experiential system
n., [diplomatics] An element of the documentary form of a record that constitutes its external appearance. The types of extrinsic elements include presentation features, electronic signatures, electronic seals, digital timestamps issued by a trusted third party, and special signs. [Archives]
n., Specific, perceiva


ble features of the record that are instrumental in communicating and achieving the purpose for which it was created. [Archives]
file
n., A condition or event that exists, as distinguished from its effects, consequences, or interpretations, such as a state of things or a motion. [General Dictionaries]
n., An event or state of affairs known to have happened or existed. It may be distinguished from law (as in trier of fact) or, in the law of evidence, from opinion. [Government]
n., A thing done; an action


 performed or incident transpiring; an event or circumstance; an actual occurrence; an actual
happening in time, space, or an event mental or physical. [General Dictionaries]
n., A condition or event that exists, as distinguished from its effects, consequences, or interpretations, such as a state of
things or a motion. [General Dictionaries]
n., Assessment of the cost and technical capability required for the permanent preservation of a given body of records.
 [Archives]
n., An item of data consisting of


 a number of characters, bytes, words, or codes that are treated together, e.g., to form a
number, a name, or an address. [Computer and Information Sciences]
a., The determination that the digital components conferring identity and ensuring the integrity of the things you want to
 preserve can indeed be preserved given current and future anticipated preservation capabilities. [Archives]
n., The aggregation of all the records that participate in the same affair or relate to the same event, person, place, p


roject,
or other subject. Syn.: dossier. [Archives]
n., An item of data consisting of a number of characters, bytes, words, or codes that are treated together, e.g., to form a number, a name, or an address. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., In Geographic Information Systems, a group of one or more characters incorporating map information. [Sciences]
n., Refers to the spread of light intensity across a beam. Most profile lanterns have an adjustable field. A Flat field h
as an even
distribution, a pe


ak field has a "hot spot" in the centre of the beam. A flat field is essential when using gobos.
[Arts]
n., Used in videotape. Videotape runs 30 frames per second. Each frame has two fields, one which scans odd lines and one which
scans even lines. [Arts]
n., An area of a database record, or graphical user interface form, into which a particular item of data is entered. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., In machine-readable records, the position of a data element or a set of data elements, regarded


 as a single descriptive element;
it may be allocated a unique identification symbol in the record format. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A collection of documents usually related in some way, stored together, and arranged in a systematic order. In computing, a
n., The aggregation of all the records that participate in the same affair or relate to the same event, person, place, project, or other subject. Syn.: dossier. [Archives]
v., To set aside a made or received document among the records that


 participate in the same action/affair or relate to the
same person or subject, so that they may be retrieved for action or reference. [General Dictionaries]
n., A collection of data stored in a computer. It may consist of program instructions or numerical, textual, or graphical information
. It usually consists of a set of similar or related records. [Sciences]
n., Where this term is used in isolation, it refers to both electronic files and paper files. [Archives]
n., An organized unit (folder, volume,


etc.) of documents grouped together either for current use or in the process of archival arrangement. [Archives]
n., In machine-readable records/archives, two or more records of identical layout treated as a unit. The unit is larger than a
record but smaller than a data system, and is also known as a data set or file set. [Archives]
v., [Defined as FILING] The placing of individual documents within a file. [Archives]
n., An integrated aggregation of records that are related by person, project, or other s


ubject. Syn.: dossier. [Archives]
n., A collection of information, referred to by file name; for example, a user-created document, program data, or the program
itself. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A collection of documents usually related in some way, stored together, and arranged in a systematic order. In computing, a
collection of structured data elements stored as a single entity or a collection of records related by source and/or purpose, stored
on a magnetic medium (floppy disk, hard disk,


 Zip disk, etc.). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An element of data storage in a file system. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n.,
 v.,
 Something that is used to support an understanding or argument. [General Dictionaries]
Arranging and sorting documents so that they may be retrieved rapidly when needed. [General Dictionaries]
n., A folded sheet of cardboard or heavy paper serving as a cover for a file or a number of documents. [Archives]
n., The organization of data within digital objects


, usually designed to facilitate the storage, retrieval, processing, presentation an
d/or transmission of the data by software. [Archives]
n., The way in which the information in a file is encoded. There are many proprietary formats – nearly every application has its own, often changing with new versions – as well as standard file formats such as RTF, TIFF, and EPS. In some systems, such as Apple Macintosh, the information about file format and originating application is part of the file, but in other syst


ems it is up to the user to know what the format is, although there are more-or-less strict file-naming conventions. The multiplicity of file formats is a continuing problem for both software developers and users. [Computer and Information Sciences]
depicted as folders (like small briefcases). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A formula at the end of the text of a document intended to ensure the execution of the act embodied in the document, or avoid its violation, guarantee its validity, preserve t


he rights of third parties, attest the execution of required formalities, or indicate the means employed to give the document probative value. [Archives]
Information Sciences]
n., The documentary form that a record has when it is open for the first time upon receipt or after having been captured and dec
lared as a record. [Archives]
n., The whole of the records of a creator. [Archives]
n.,
 The quality of a record that ensures its content remains complete and unaltered. [General Dictionaries]
a., Once


output is created, it is immutable. If it needs to be changed, either an update must be appended or a new version must be created. [Archives]
n., The way in which the information in a file is encoded. There are many proprietary formats – nearly every application has its
own, often changing with new versions – as well as standard file formats such as RTF, TIFF, and EPS. In some systems, such as
Apple Macintosh, the information about file format and originating application is part of the file, but in other s


ystems it is up to
the user to know what the format is, although there are more-or-less strict file-naming conventions. The multiplicity of file
formats is a continuing problem for both software developers and users. [Computer and Information Sciences]
a., The quality of a record that makes it immutable and requires changes to be made by appending an update or creating a new versi
on. [Archives]
fixity
n., A cover in which non-electronic records, belonging in the same dossier, are loosely kept, usually i


n chronological order. A dossier may be distributed across a number of folders. [Archives]
n., A folded sheet of cardboard or heavy paper serving as a cover for a file or a number of documents. [Archives]
n., [folders] Folded sheets of light cardboard used to cover or hold papers, letters, or other flat documents, as in a file. [Arts] n., A directory in the sense of a collection of computer files. The term is more common in systems such as the Macintosh or
Windows 95 which have a graphical user interface


and provide a graphical file browser in which directories are traditionally
depicted as folders (like small briefcases). [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., In the Macintosh and Windows 95, a simulated file folder that holds data, applications and other folders. [Computer and
Information Sciences]  The quality of a record that ensures its content remains complete and unaltered. [General Dictionaries]
n., The whole of the records that a physical or juridical person accumulates by reason of its function


 or activity; the
 highest-level archival aggregation.S yn.: archives [records]; archival fonds. [Archives]
n., The whole of the records created (meaning made or received and set aside for action or reference) by a physical or
 juridical person in the course of carrying out its activities. [Archives]
n., The whole of the records of a creator. [Archives]
n., The whole of the records created by an agency and preserved. Alias: archives. [Archives]
n., The whole of the documents, regardless of form or mediu


m, organically created and/or accumulated and used by a parti
cular
person, family, or corporate body in the conduct of personal or corporate activity. [Archives]
n., The  whole of the do cuments t ha t ev ery  organiz ation  or physi cal  or jurid ical pe rson  accumulat es by  reason  of  its fu
nction of activity. [Archives]
n., The total body of records/archives accumulated by a particular individual, institution or organization in the exercise of i
ts
activities and its functions. [Archives]
n., Use


 to designate the documents created or accumulated and used by a particular individual, organization, or other entity that
are kept together within a larger collection. [Arts]
are kept together within a larger collection. [Arts]
n.,
 Rules of representation that determine the appearance of an entity and convey its meaning. [General Dictionaries]
n., The physical characteristics—size, shape, composition, etc.—of any archaeological find. Form is an essential part of attribute analysis. [Sciences]
n., A


document, printed or otherwise produced, with predesignated spaces for the recording of specified information. [Archives]
n., All the characteristics of a record determined by the application of the rules of representation of content typical of a given environment. Form breaks down into physical form, the characteristics of the external appearance of the record; and intellectual form, the characteristics of the internal composition of the record. [Archives]
n., A document intended to serve as a model. [Ar


chives]
n., The structure and design of a composition. [Arts]
n., Term applied to such aspects of a work of art as internal organization and shape, often used with some degree of distinction
from the subject-matter, content, function and style of works of art. [Arts]
n., Used with reference to works of art and architecture to mean the arrangement of visual elements such as line, mass, shape, or
color. [Arts]
n., A classification term applied to the manner in which the text of a book is arranged, as a di


ctionary, or the literary form in
which it is written, as drama, poetry, etc. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The data structure within a computer system representing the final result to be printed or displayed. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., A page of printer media. [Computer and Information Sciences]
from the subject-matter, content, function and style of works of art. [Arts]
n.,
 The structure or layout of an entity. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The plan or arrangement of


 a document. [Archives]
n., Any particular physical representation of a document. [Archives]
n., In automatic data processing, the arrangement of data. [Archives]
n., Width to height ratio of the film as it is projected on the screen. [Arts]
n., In the context of bibliographic control, the formalised structure in which the specific elements of bibliographic description are
accommodated. [Arts]
n., To put data into a predetermined structure or divide a storage medium, such as a disk, into sectors, so t


hat it is ready to receive
data. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The layout or presentation of items in a machine-readable form according to hardware and software requirements. [Computer
and Information Sciences]
n.,n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises a sentence declaring that the rights put into existence by the document are not circumscribed by time. [Archives]
n., A basic conceptual structure of rules, policies, procedures, tools and mechanisms intended to


 serve as a support or
guide for the design, implementation and maintenance of an integrated system. [General Dictionaries]
n., A basic conceptual structure of rules, policies, procedures, tools and mechanisms intended to serve as a support or
 guide for the design, implementation and maintenance of an integrated system. [General Dictionaries]
n., In object-oriented systems, a set of classes that embodies an abstract design for solutions to a number of related problems. [Computer and Information Sciences]


gis
n.,
 A rule that guides the design of the record-making, recordkeeping, and permanent preservation system. [Archives]
function
v., To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. [Computer and Information Sciences]
functionality
n.,
 All of the activities aimed to accomplish one purpose, considered abstractly. [Archives]
n., Any operation or procedure that relates one variable to one or more other variables. [Sciences]
n.,


 The goal to which an institution addresses its activity and produces the relative records. The function is the scope of an
activity; the jurisdiction indicates the territory and the sector of competence to pursue a function. [Archives]
n., All of the acts aimed to accomplish one purpose within a given jurisdiction or locale. [Archives]
n., 1. The activities of an organization or individual performed to accomplish some mandate or mission. – 2. Computing •
Software code that performs a specific task, usua


lly accepting one or more data values as input and, based on a manipul
ation of
]
the input values, returning a single output value. [Archives]
n., [functions] Areas of responsibility in which activities are conducted in order to accomplish a purpose. [Arts]
n., The capabilities or behaviours of a computer program, part of a program, or system, seen as the sum of its features.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The capabilities or behaviours of a computer program, part of a program, or system, seen


as the sum of its features. [Co
mputer and Information Sciences]
n., Features built into a search interface that determine the ease with which users may formulate queries and obtain
 results. [Computer and Information Sciences]
v., To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A record having actual character, which is not counterfeited, imitated or adulterated, and a definite origin from a


certain known source. [Archives]  A digital mapping used for exploration, demographics, dispatching and tracking. [General Dictionaries]
n., The quali ty of a rec or d that is truly w hat i t purports  to be. T he tw o conc epts t hat allow for the indi rect  asses
sment and verification of the genuineness of a record are those of reliability and authenticity. [Archives]
n., Any operation or procedure that relates one variable to one or more other variables. [Sciences]
n., (GIS) A computer-based system c


onsisting of hardware, software, geographic information, procedures and personnel designed to facilitate the efficient capture, storage, maintenance, manipulation, analysis, querying and display of spatially-referenced (geospatial) data from a wide variety of data sources in a wide variety of data formats—such as maps, graphs, photographs, remotely sensed data, tabular data and text—providing an automated link between the geospatial (locational) data and the descriptive (attribute) data, usually in relation


 to a system of coordinates (latitude, longitude, elevation or depth, etc.). [Sciences]
n.,
 A digital mapping used for exploration, demographics, dispatching and tracking. [General Dictionaries]
n., 1. The activities of an organization or individual performed to accomplish some mandate or mission. – 2. Computing •
Initialism for “geographic information system.”
the input values, returning a single output value. [Archives]
n., A note explaining a difficult or obscure word or phrase, especially such a no


te made between lines or in the margin of a document. [Archives]
html
n., A record that represents an object or outline of a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines. A representation of an object formed by drawing. [Archives]
n.,
 A broad class of records that are primarily images, as distinguished from textual records. [Archives]
hearsay rule
n., A statement or other indication of policy or procedure by which to determine a course of action, accomplish a given task or achieve a set of goals and obje


ctives, formulated by a body with authority to speak on the subject but less binding than a directive or formal standard. [General Dictionaries]
html document
n., The office (or officer) formally competent for carrying out the action to which the record relates or for the matter to which the record pertains. Syn.: handling person. [Archives]
handling person
n., See
: handling office [Archives] : handling office [Archives]
n., A magnetic digital medium, composed of one or more flat, circular plates (pla


tters) of a hard material capable of storing a large quantity of digital data, which (typically) resides permanently within a computer. Syn.: hard drive. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A legal provision excluding testimony that is based on second-hand, rather than personal, knowledge (hearsay).
[Archives]
n., A legal provision excluding testimony that is based on second-hand, rather than personal, knowledge (hearsay). [A
rchives]
n., A statement, other than one made by the declarant while testif


ying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to p
rove the truth of the matter asserted. [Government]
n., The rule that no assertion offered as testimony can be received unless it is or has been open to test by cross-examin
ation or an
opportunity for cross-examination, except as provided otherwise by the rules of evidence, by court rules, or by statute.
[Government]
n., An SGML-compliant digital document encoded using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) in conformance with the
syntactic rules described


 in a Document Type Definition (DTD) or a schema document. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., A group of related entities, or information about the entities, within a system arranged in a graded order, typic
ally from the most general to the most specific. [General Dictionaries]
n.,n., A need to provide and receive explanation and understanding from one generation to another. Groups of individuals often derive their cohesiveness, legitimacy and the authority for their actions from their understanding


 and evaluation of the past. [Archives]
n., A statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth
of the matter asserted. [Government]
Initialism for “Hypertext Markup Language.”
opportunity for cross-examination, except as provided otherwise by the rules of evidence, by court rules, or by statute.
n., An SGML-compliant digital document encoded using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) in conformance with the syntactic rules descri


bed in a Document Type Definition (DTD) or a schema document. [Computer and Information Sciences]
idef0
n., A document or code that can be read by a human being, with or without the aid of magnification, as opposed to one in a format that can be read only by a computer. [Computer and Information Sciences]
identify
n., A method of presenting digital information that allows related files and elements of data to be interlinked, rather than viewed in linear sequence; usually differentiated from the normal t


ext in a document by a different colour, by
underlining, or by both. [Computer and Information Sciences]
imitative copy
n., (HTML) A cross-platform, text-based, markup language used to define a single, fixed type of document with markup tags that structure the layout, styling and display of text and provide some provision for hypertext and multimedia; a subset of General Standardized Markup Language (SGML). [Computer and Information Sciences]
human-readable format
Acronym for “integrated definition func


tion modeling method.”
n.,
 A method designed to model the decisions, actions, and activities of an organization or system. [Models (MCP)]
n., Terms, such as acronyms, projects, proper names of persons, geographical locations, the number of a patent's
specification or of a national standard, or any part or a bibliographical description, test names, and trade names which
provide subject indexing, in addition to descriptors. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A made or received document to which the i


dentity metadata (e.g., persons, actions and dates of compilation) have been
 attached. [Models (MCP)]
n., The whole of the characteristics of a document or a record that uniquely identify it and distinguish it from any other
document or record. With integrity, a component of authenticity. [Archives]
n., Terms, such as acronyms, projects, proper names of persons, geographical locations, the number of a patent's spe
cification or of a national standard, or any part or a bibliographical description, test na


mes, and trade names which
provide subject indexing, in addition to descriptors. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A document or code that can be read by a human being, with or without the aid of magnification, as opposed to one
in a format that can be read only by a computer. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The whole of the characteristics of a document or a record that uniquely identify it and distinguish it from any other d
ocument or record. With integrity, a component of authenticity.


[Archives]
underlining, or by both. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The whole of the characteristics of a document or a record that uniquely identify it and distinguish it from any other document or record. With integrity, a component of authenticity. [Archives] n., The definition and status of individuals and groups in the past. Such studies include the recognition of gender, rank, status, or place within society at the individual level, but may also look more widely at the relationships between


contemporary cultures and the extent to which material culture is used to signal differences between social groups. [Sciences]
n., The way in which achaeological remains are widely used in order to promote and support particular views of contemporary
personal, local, regional, and national identity, especially through the application of ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT, the deployment of public funds, and state legislation. In this sense archaeology is an extremely powerful
political tool, and has been f


or many generations. [Sciences]
n., The characteristics determining the individuality of a being or entity; in the constitution of national identities these
characteristics may be fostered by myths. [Sciences]
n., Those characteristics or conditions of a thing, person, or group that remain the same amid change or that distinguish a thing,
person, or group from another. [Arts]
n., [Evidence]. The authenticity of a person or thing. [Government]
n., [Evidence]. The authenticity of a person or thing. [Gover


nment]
n., A copy that reproduces both the content and form of the record, but in such a way that it is always possible to tell the copy from the original. [Archives]
n.,
n., A record that is no longer used in the day-to-day course of business, but which may be kept and occasionally used for legal, historical, or operational purposes.S yn.: non-current record. [Archives]
n., n., n., n., Records no longer needed by their creator to conduct current business. [Archives]
Records which are no longer needed f


or ongoing agency business. [Archives]
[Defined as NON-CURRENT RECORDS] Records no longer needed for current business. [Archives] A record which is no longer needed for the ongoing activity of their creator. [Archives]
 An assemblage of data intended for communication either through space or across time. [Archives]
n., See
: received document [Archives]
n., A record that is no longer used in the day-to-day course of business, but which may be kept and occasionally used
for legal, historical, or operatio


nal purposes.S yn.: non-current record. [Archives]
n., See
: received record [Archives]
inactive record
n.,
 The subject line(s) and/or the title at the top of a record. [Archives]
indication of action
n., The mention of autonomous items that have been linked inextricably to the record before transmission (i.e., added during its execution) for it to accomplish its purpose. [Archives]
indication of attachments
n., An assemblage of data intended for communication either through space or across time. [A


rchives]
n., Recorded data. [Archives]
n., An ac cus ation exhibi ted again st a per son  for so me crim inal  offense , without indictment.
[Archives]
n., A message or knowledge which has been voluntarily or involuntarily conveyed. [Archives]
n., An aggregate of data meant for communication. [Archives]
n., Recorded data. Examples include: writing on a sheet of paper; the dyes on a photographic still; the sound in the grooves of a
disc; the binary digits forming an E-Mail message. [Arts]
n., Data pr


esented in readily comprehensible form to which meaning has been attributed within the context of its use. In a more
dynamic sense, the message conveyed by the use of a medium of communication or expression. [Computer and Information
Sciences]
n., All ideas, facts, and imaginative works of the mind which have been communicated, recorded, published and/or distributed formally or informally in any format. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., An assemblage of data in a comprehensible form capable of commu


nication. [General Dictionaries]
n., Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance. [General Dictionaries]
n., Knowledge derived from study, experience, or instruction. [General Dictionaries]
n., An assemblage of data in a comprehensible form capable of communication. [General Dictionaries]
n., A computer-based system with the defining characteristic that it provides information to users in one or more organizations. Information systems are thus distinguished from, for


example, real-time control systems, message-switching systems, software engineering environments, or personal computing systems. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A computer hardware and software system designed to accept, store, manipulate, and analyze data and to report results, usually on a regular, ongoing basis. An IS usually consists of a data input subsystem, a data storage and retrieval subsystem, a data analysis and manipulation subsystem, and a reporting subsystem. [Computer and Information


 Sciences]
integrity
n.,
 A group of commands that initialize a device, such as a printer. [Computer and Information Sciences]
intact record
n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the name, title and address of the addressee of the document and/or the action. [Archives]
instructive record
n.,
 To represent by an instance. [Government]
integrated definition function modeling method
n., A prospective record that contains instructions about executing an action or proc


ess. With dispositive, enabling, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives]
n.,
n.,
 A record that has had no relevant part removed or destroyed. [Archives]
n., Seen., Procedures for carrying out the creator’s business that have been linked to a scheme or plan for organization of the creator’s records. [Models (MCP)]
 To represent by an instance. [Government]
n., (IDEF0) A method designed to model the decisions, actions, and activities of an organization


 or system. [Computer and Information Sciences]
 A group of commands that initialize a device, such as a printer. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Th e quality of  being compl ete and u naltered in a ll ess ential res pec ts. Wit h i dentity, a com ponent of au
thenticity. [General Dictionaries]
n., The integrit y o f a re cord refe rs t o its whol ene ss a nd soundne ss: a reco rd ha s integrit y when it is  c
omplete and uncorrupted in
all its esse nt ial res pects. [A rch ives]
n., The preserv


ation of programs and data for their intended purpose. [Arts]
n., A digital entity has integrity when it is whole and sound or when it is complete and uncorrupted in all its essent
ial respects. [Arts]
n., The accuracy and completeness of data, particularly after it has undergone transmission from one system to another.
[Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Resistance to alteration by system errors. A user who files data expects that the contents of the files will not be changed by
system errors in eit


her hardware or software. Since such errors inevitably will occur from time to time, the prudent system
manager maintains a system of protective dumps, organized in such a way that there always exists a valid copy of a recent version
of every file on the system. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., Integrity refers to the protection of information from unauthorized access or revision. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The quality of being whole and unaltered through loss, tampering, or corruption


. [General Dictionaries]
manager maintains a system of protective dumps, organized in such a way that there always exists a valid copy of a recent version
n., See
: intellectual form [Archives]
n., The quality of being whole and unaltered through loss, tampering, or corruption. [General Dictionaries]
n., The control established over archival material by documenting in finding aids its provenance, arrangement,
 composition, scope, informational content and internal and external relationships. [Archives]


n., The creation of tools such as catalogs, finding aids, or other guides that enable researchers to locate materi
als relevant to their interests. [Archives]
n., A system in which each user entry causes a response from or an action by the system, by virtue of
automated reasoning based on data from its apparatus. [General Dictionaries]
n., [diplomatics] The whole of the formal attributes of the record that represent and communicate the elements of the
action in which the record is involved and of its imm


ediate context, both documentary and administrative. [Archives]
v., An expression of the extent that in a given series of communication exchanges, any third (or later) transmission (or
message) is related to the degree to which previous exchanges referred to even earlier transmissions. [Computer and
Information Sciences]
n., (IPR) The rights of individuals or organizations to control the use or dissemination of ideas or information.
 The y inclu de copyri ght,  tradem ark s and pat ents . [ Gove rnment]


n., A document that is transmitted across space or through time only within the creating organization, rather than to an
external party. [Archives]
n., A record with variable content or form that is dependent on user input that is often based on earlier content. [Arc
hives]
n., Records corresponding to one of four possible models:
* Navigable structure: An articulation of space; real, virtual or conceptual. Here the artist provides the architecture and the
 audience chooses the path (ex: hypertext narrati


ves).
* The use of new media: Artistic interaction via new medium invented by the artist (ex: programs with modify user input into a
 visual or sound medium).
* Transforming mirrors: viewer image becomes an active force in a computer generated context (ex: video installations).
* Automata: not intended to be extensions of the interactor; creations are essentially self-motivated and autonomous (ex:
 autonomous robots). [Archives]
The authority derived from external mandates and within the given strategic fr


amework, invested by management or a corporate
board or subsidiary to perform specific functions. [Models (BDR)]
n., A system in which each user entry causes a response from or an action by the system, by virtue of automated reasoning bas
ed on data from its apparatus. [General Dictionaries]
n., An interactive system is a machine system which reacts in the moment, by virtue of automated reasoning based on data from its senso
ry apparatus. An Interactive Artwork is such a system which addresses artistic is


sues. A painting is an instance of representation. A film is a sequence of representations. Interactive artworks are not instances of representations, they are virtual machines which themselves produces instances of representation based on real-time outputs. [Arts]
interactivity
v., An expression of the extent that in a given series of communication exchanges, any third (or later) transmission (or message) is related to the degree to which previous exchanges referred to even earlier transmissions. [Comput


er and Information Sciences]
intellectual form
n., A document that is transmitted across space or through time only within the creating organization, rather than to an external party. [Archives]
n., A document, such as a memorandum or report, intended for distribution within an organization, rather than for wider publication. Sensitive internal documents may be classified to restrict access to authorized personnel, and shredded when no longer needed. [Computer and Information Sciences]
interactive syste


m
The authority derived from external mandates and within the given strategic framework, invested by management or a corporate board or subsidiary to perform specific functions. [Models (BDR)]
intellectual property rights
n., A record, such as a memorandum or report, which is transmitted across space or through time only within the creating organization, rather than to an external party. [Archives]
n.,
Requests from internal users to consult or receive records, their aggregates, or information about rec


ords. [Models (BDR)]
 Initialism for “intellectual property rights.” [Government]
 n.,
 The ability of one application/system to communicate or work with another. [General Dictionaries]
n., The ability of one application, system, or metadata schema to communicate, work, or interface with another;
 the ability to provide services and accept services from other systems, enabling information that originates in one context to be used in another in ways that are as highly automated as possible. [Archives]
n.


, The ability of software and hardware on multiple machines from multiple vendors to communicate. [Computer
and
Information Sciences]
n., The processes, technologies and protocols required to ensure data integrity when transferring it from one computer s
ystem to
another, together with the transmission of meaningful and correct results to the end user. [Computer and Information Sciences]
iso
n., [diplomatics] An element of the documentary form of a record that constitutes its internal composition and th


at conveys the action in which the record participates and its immediate context. [Archives]
n., The elements of a record that constitute its internal composition. The types of intrinsic elements include name of author, name of originator, chronological date, name of place of origin of record, name of addressee(s), name of receiver(s), indication of
action (matter), name of writer, corroboration, attestation, and qualification of signature. [Archives]
n., The discursive parts of the record that communicat


e the action in which the record participates and the immediate context.
They fall into three groups:
1) elements that convey aspects of the record's juridical and administrative context (e.g., the name of the author, addressee, the
date);
2) elements that communicate the action itself (e.g., the indication and description of the action or matter);
3) elements that convey aspects of the record's documentary context and its means of validation (e.g., the name of the writer, the
attestation, the corroboration


). [Archives]
n., The inherent worth of a document upon factors such as age, content, usage, circumstances of creation, signature or attached seals. [Archives]
They fall into three groups:
n., A descriptive instrument that represents the records of a fonds in their hierarchical structure and arrangement, and illustrates the administrative history of their creator, their custodial history and their administrative and documentary context. [Archives]
n., [inventories] Detailed lists of things in one's view


or possession, as of all goods and materials on hand, or detailed lists of all items in a given category. For documentation of examination conducted to achieve a comprehensive view, use "surveys." [Arts]
2) elements that communicate the action itself (e.g., the indication and description of the action or matter);
n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the mention of God in documents issued by religious bodies. [Archives]
attestation, the corroboration). [Archives]
n.,


Initialism for “intellectual property rights.” [Government]
n., The ability of software and hardware on multiple machines from multiple vendors to communicate. [Computer and
n.,
 Initialism for “International Organization for Standardization.” [Government]
another, together with the transmission of meaningful and correct results to the end user. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., The smallest indivisible archival unit, which represents the smallest intellectual entity within a fonds no longer useful


ly subdivisible for descriptive purposes. [Archives]
n.,
n., An entity having the capacity or the potential to act legally and constituted either by a succession or collection of physical persons or a collection of properties. [Archives]
n., Juridical persons are collections or successions of natural persons having the capacity to act legally in the context of the enacted law or system of rules peculiar to any one people, such as an organization (collection) or a position (succession). [Archives] : record


s lifecycle [Archives]
 n., A social group that is organized on the basis of a system of rules and that includes three components: the social group, the organizational principle of the social group, and the system of binding rules recognized by the social group. [Models (MCP)]
n., A collectivity organized on the basis of a system of rules. [Models (MCP)]
n., A social group founded on an organizational principle that gives its institution(s) the capacity of making compulsory rules.
[Mod els (MCP)]
n., An


 entity having the capacity or the potential to act legally and constituted either by a succession or collection
of physical persons or a collection of properties. [Archives]
n.,
 The legal and organizational system in which the creating body belongs. [Archives]
n.,
 The legal and organizational system in which the creating body belongs. [Archives]
n., Recorded information about modifications to a record’s documentary form or digital format after it has been created.
[Archives]
n.,
 Initialism for “loca


l area network.” [Computer and Information Sciences]
language
n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the expression and organization of ideas and discourse including composition, style, rhythm, and vocabulary. [Archives]
juridical person
n., Either the person or organization acquiring the function(s) from which the records in question result and the records themselves, or a designated records preserver. [Archives]
list of annotations
n., See
: records lifecycle [Arch