rchives] 
n., The equivalent for archives of cataloguing in librarianship. The most common standards in use are MAD, RAD and APPM.
[Computer and Information Sciences] 
archival description 
n., The set of descriptive instruments that provide intellectual and physical control over the records of an archival institution or program. Includes, but is not limited to, guides, inventories, indexes, repository locators. [Archives] 
archival documentation 
n., See
: record. [Archives] 
n., Seen., The information pro