ta attached to individual records, 
which are part of the record itself and are reproduced time after time with it and from the 
additional metadata attached to records aggregations (e.g., file, series) within the recordkeeping 
system to identify them and document their technological transformations.  
The unique function of archival description is to provide an historical view of the records and 
of their becoming, while presenting them as a universality in which each member’s individuality 
is subject to