vided by a creator and the repository which provides enough information to establish provenance, history and context of acquired records and to enable its use by others. [Archives] 
: record. [Archives] 
n., See
: fonds. [Archives] 
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] 
n., The whole of the policies, strategies