inistrative, legal, and fiscal use; their evidential and information value; their arrangement and condition; their intrinsic value; and their relationship to other records. [Archives] n., The process of determining the length of time records should be retained, based on legal requirements and on their current and
potential usefulness. [Archives] 
n., The act of estimating the nature, quality, importance etc.of something. [Archives] 
n., A basic archival function aimed at determining the disposition or dispo