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han one version. [Archives] n., Lists of all necessary metadata to be recorded to ensure the identification and integrity of records maintained in the recordk eeping system. [Models (MCP)] v., The systematic storage, use, maintenance and disposition of records by the creator to meet its administrative, programmatic, n., The office given the formal competence for designing, implementing and maintaining the creator’s trusted recordkeeping system. [Archives] records forms n., A set of rules governing the s
torage, use, maintenance and disposition of records and/or information about records, and the tools and mechanisms used to implement these rules. [Models (MCP)] record-making n., The whole of the principles, policies, rules and strategies that controls the process of creating records from made or received documents. [Archives] n., The process of drafting or compiling, capturing and identifying a document and declaring (i.e., classifying and registering) it a record. [Archives] records aggregation n., T
he authority to compile, annotate, read, retrieve, transfer and/or destroy records in the record-making system, granted to officers and employees of the creator. [Models (MCP)] record-making system n., Lists of all necessary record-making metadata to be recorded to ensure the reliability, accuracy, identification and integrity of records created in the record-making system. [Models (MCP)] record-making metadata schemes n., A set of rules governing the making of records, and the tools and mechanisms used
to implement these rules. [Models (MCP)] n., See n., A natural accumulation of an interrelated group of records, such as a file, dossier, series or fonds, which results from the way in which a records creator carries out its activities or functions. Syn.: aggregated records. [Archives] : records manager [Archives] n., A model of archival science that emphasizes overlapping characteristics of recordkeeping, evidence, transaction, and the identity of the creator. [Archives] A records continuum perspectiv
e can be contrasted with the life cycle model. The life cycle model argues that there are clearly definable stages in record-keeping and creates a sharp distinction between current and historical record-keeping. The record continuum, on the other hand, has provided Australian records managers and archivists with a way of thinking about the integration of record-keeping and archiving processes. [Archives] n., The whole extent of a record's existence. Refers to a consistent and coherent regime of management
processes from th e time of the creation of records (and before creation, in the design of recordkeeping systems), through to the preservation and us e of records as archives. [Archives] n., The physical or juridical person who makes, receives or accumulates records by reason of its mandate/mission, functions or activities and who generates the highest-level aggregation in which the records belong (that is, the fonds). Syn.: creator. [Archives] n., The physical or juridical person who makes, receives or
accumulates records by reason of its mandate/mission, funct ions or activities and who generates the highest-level aggregation in which the records belong (that is, the fonds). Syn.: creator. [Archives] Syn n., The person or office that generates the highest-level aggregation in which the record belongs (that is, the fonds). [Archives] A records continuum perspective can be contrasted with the life cycle model. The life cycle model argues that there are clearly definable stages in record-keeping and crea
tes a sharp distinction between current and historical record-keeping. The record continuum, on the other hand, has provided Australian records managers and archivists with a way of thinking about the integration of record-keeping and archiving processes. [Archives] n., Specifications of the documentary forms for the various types of records of the creator. [Models (MCP)] records as archives. [Archives] n., See : records manager [Archives] records officer n., A model of records management and archival
science that characterizes the life span of a record as comprising eight sequential stages: creation or receipt; classification; maintenance and use; disposition through destruction or transfer to an archival institution or agency; description in archival finding aids; preservation; reference and use. [Archives] n., The theory that records go through four distinct stages of change in activity, including creation or receipt, use and maintenance, in-active storage, and disposition (destruction or transfer t
o an archives). [Archives] records preservation n., The field of management responsible for the efficient and systematic control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use and disposition of records, including processes for capturing and maintaining evidence of and information about business activities and transactions in the form of records. [Archives] n., The systematic design, implementation, maintenance and administrative control of a framework for the making and keeping of records by a records manag
er (trusted records officer) to ensure efficiency and economy in their creation, use, handling, control, maintenance and disposition. [Archives] n., The systematic control of the creation, maintenance, use, and disposition of records. [Archives] n., The creation and implementation of systematic controls for records and information activities from the poi nt where they are created or received through final disposition or archival retention, including distribution, use, storage, retriev al, protection and pr
eservation. [Archives] n., The application of systematic and scientific control to the creation, use, maintenance, storage, retrieval, dispositi on, and preservation of all form of recorded information produced by an organization in the conduct of its operations. [Archives] n., That area of general administrative management concerned with achieving economy and efficiency in the creation, maintenance, use and disposal of records, i.e. during their entire life cycle. [Archives] n., The systematic control o
f all records form their creation or receipt through their processing, distribution, organization, storage and retrieval, and to their ultimate disposition. [Archives] n., The discipline concerned with the control and use of information-bearing media within an organization. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The creation and implementation of systematic controls for records and information activities from the point where they are n., The whole of the activities of a creator aimed at the creation, use
and maintenance of records to meet its administrative, programmatic, legal, financial and historical needs and responsibilities. [Archives] preservation. [Archives] n., The person responsible for the management of active and semiactive records of a creator. The role of a records manager should be that of a trusted records officer. Syn.: records keeper; records officer. [Models (MCP)] preservation of all form of recorded information produced by an organization in the conduct of its operations. [Archives]
n., See : records manager; trusted records officer [Archives] n., The systematic control of all records form their creation or receipt through their processing, distribution, organization, storage n., The whole of the principles, policies, rules and strategies that controls the physical and technological stabilization and protection of the intellectual form of acquired records intended for their continuing, enduring, stable, lasting, uninterrupted and unbroken chain of preservation, without a foreseeable
endS. yn.: archival preservation; permanent preservation. [Archives] n., The discipline concerned with the control and use of information-bearing media within an organization. [Computer and n., A coherent set of objectives and methods for protecting and maintaining (i.e., safeguarding authenticity and ensuring accessibility of) digital components and related information of acquired records over time, and for reproducing the related authentic records and/or archival aggregations.S yn.: preservation strateg
y; permanent preservation strategy. [Archives] refreshing n., A set of rules governing the permanent intellectual and physical maintenance of acquired records and the tools and mechanisms used to implement these rules.S yn.: archival preservation system; preservation system; permanent preservation system. [Archives] records system n., See : retention schedule [Archives] records preservation system n., Dossiers, file units or individual documents that are arranged in accordance with a classification or
filing system or that are maintained as a unit because they result from the same accumulation or filing process, the same function or the same activity, and that have a particular form or because of some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt or useS. yn.: series. [Archives] n., A grouping of documents within a fonds created to accomplish one function. [Archives] n., Documents arranged systematically or maintained as a unit because they relate to a particular function or s ubject, resul
t from the same activity, have a particular form, or because of some other relationship arising from their creation, receipt, and use. [Archives] n., A group of related records arranged according to a filing system that are the product of the same business process, or because of some other relationship arising out of the process of creation, receipt, or use. Large, complex record series may be subdivided. [Archives] n., A group of record items, either controlled by numbers or other symbols or not, whic
h results from the same accumulation, are subject to the same processes and procedures of organization, or have similar physical shape and informational content. [Archives] n., The records system of a creator comprises the methods and the rules which determine the regular accumulation of records n., A set of rules governing record-making and recordkeeping, as controlled by the creator’s records management function, and the tools and mechanisms used to implement these rules. [Archives] n., Information syst
em which captures, manages and provides access to records through time. [Archives] n., File units or documents arranged in accordance with a filing system or maintained as a unit because they result from the same accumulation or filing process, the same function or the same activity; have a particular form or because of some other relationship arising out of their creation, receipt, or use. [Archives] n., The records system of a creator comprises the methods and the rules which determine the regular accum
ulation of records produced or acquired, and permits the delineation of a coherent archival structure adequate for the administrative and informational needs of the creator in the following areas · control of provenance, definition of the procedures for production, acquisition, accumulation, and movement of records; · organization and regular accumulation, which involves the same records functions with respect to the activities from which the records results (creation and maintenance of the archival bond);
· secure preservation and transmission of integral and authentic records (elimination of risks of manipulation and dispersion). (Richard Pearce-Moses) [Archives] n., The system that comprises the creator’s records, its record-making and recordkeeping systems and is controlled by the creator’s records management function. [Archives] [Archives] n., The process of copying the digital content from one digital medium to another (includes copying to the same kind of medium). [Archives] subject to the same pro
cesses and procedures of organization, or have similar physical shape and informational content. n., The process of refreshing digital records in the usual and ordinary course of business to ensure their continued accessibility as their storage medium becomes obsolete or degrades over time, while leaving intact their intellectual form. [Archives] render n., A record that has been assigned a registration number and for which all the data necessary to identify the persons and acts involved and the documenta
ry context of the record are recorded within a protocol register. [Archives] reproduce n., A consecutive number added to each incoming or outgoing record in the protocol register, which connects it to previous and subsequent records made or received by the creator. [Archives] registry system n., A method for assigning a unique identifier to each record. [Models (MCP)] registration number n., A system controlling the creation, maintenance, and use of current and semicurrent records through the use of
formal registers, lists and indexes. [Archives] v., n., The trustworthiness of a record as a statement of fact. It exists when a record can stand for the fact it is about, and is established by examining the completeness of the record's form and the amount of control exercised on the process of its creation. [Archives] n., The records ability to serve as reliable evidence. [Archives] n., An attribute of any system that consistently produces the same results, preferably meeting or exceeding its specificat
ions. The term may be qualified, e.g software reliability, reliable communication. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The ability of a computer system to perform its required functions for a given period of time. It is often quoted in terms of] percentage of uptime, but may be more usefully expressed as MTBF (mean time between failures). [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The quality of being sufficiently accurate and authentic to serve as the basis for a decision or action; wort hy of trust. [G
eneral Dictionaries] n., The trustworthiness of a record as a statement of fact. It exists when a record can stand for the fact it is about, and is established by examining the completeness of the record's form and the amount of control exercised on the process of its creation. [Archives] n., A record capable of standing for the facts to which it attests. [Archives] n., A reliable record is one whose contents can be trusted as a full and accurate representation of the transactions, activities or facts t
o which they attest and can be depended upon in the course of subsequent transactions or activities. Records should be c reated at the time of the transaction or incident to which it relates, or soon afterwards, by individuals who have direct knowledge of the facts or by instruments routinely used within the business to conduct the transaction. [Archives] [Computer and Information Sciences] v., To draw a real-world object as it actually appears. [Computer and Information Sciences] v., The conversion of
a high-level object-based description into a graphical image for display. For example, ray-tracing takes a mathematical model of a three-dimensional object or scene and converts it into a bitmap image. Another example is the process of converting HTML into an image for display to the user. [Computer and Information Sciences] Sciences] v., To make a copy. [Archives] facts to which they attest and can be depended upon in the course of subsequent transactions or activities. Records should be created at t
he time of the transaction or incident to which it relates, or soon afterwards, by individuals who have direct knowledge of the facts or by instruments routinely used within the business to conduct the transaction. [Archives] n., An authentic representation or other version of a digital record reconstituted from its digital component(s). [Models (MCP)] n., n., The digital component(s) of a record together with the technical information or software necessary to reproduce and manifest it from the digital co
mponent(s). [Models (MCP)] A record that is a means of remembering what was done. [Archives] n., The process of generating a copy. [Archives] n., An exact copy of a document in content and form but not necessarily in size and appearence. [Archives] n., Object made as an exact copy of an earlier original. [Arts] n., Copies of art images, art objects, or other valued images or objects, made without intent to deceive; with regard to art images, includes photographic reproductions; implies more precise
and faithful imitation than does the term "copi es (derivative objects)." Where the intent is to deceive, see "forgeries" or "counterfeits." [Arts] repurposing n., The process of taking content from one medium (such as from a book, a newspaper, TV, or radio) and repackaging it for use in another medium (such as on the Web). [General Dictionaries] n., The creation of a new fonds. The process of updating the documentary context through changes to descriptive metadata. [Archives] n., The process of modifyi
ng the content of an existing record to use it for a different purpose. [Archives] n., Part of reusability or re-purposing clearly is the ability to contribute, over time, to a large array of interpretations or presentations of materials for many different audiences and purposes. [General Dictionaries] retrospective record n., A constraint, demand, necessity, need, or parameter that must be met or satisfied, usually within a certain timeframe or as a prerequisite. [General Dictionaries] resource descrip
tion framework n., (RDF) An XML-based language for representing information about resources in the World Wide Web. It is particularly intended for representing metadata about Web resources, such as the title, author, and modification date of a Web page, copyright and licensing information about a Web document, or the availability schedule for some shared resource. [Computer and Information Sciences] A sequence of actions which result in obtaining required information. [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A document providing description of records series and/or classes and specifying their authorized dispositions. [Arch ives] n., [record schedule] 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., Part of reusa
bility or re-purposing clearly is the ability to contribute, over time, to a large array of interpretations or presentations of materials for many different audiences and purposes. [General Dictionaries] n., A set of rules governing searching and finding records in recordkeeping and records preservation systems, and the tools and mechanisms used to implement these rules. [Archives] n., A sequence of actions which result in obtaining required information. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., Copies o
f art images, art objects, or other valued images or objects, made without intent to deceive; with regard to art images, n., A record that is a means of remembering what was done. [Archives] rule n., An authoritative statement of what to do or not to do in a specific situation, issued by a competent person. [General Dictionaries] save n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form comprising a form of greeting that appears only in letters, usually following the inscription. [Archives] scie
nce v., To affix a digital object in non-volatile storage on a digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences] salutation n., A structured framework or plan. [General Dictionaries] v., n., An SGML-compliant document that defines the structure and contents of other SGML-compliant documents, in a similar manner to a Document Type Definition (DTD). Syn.: document schema. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., n., A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole. [General
Dictionaries] To affix a digital object in non-volatile storage on a digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The body of knowledge comprising measurable or verifiable facts acquired through application of the scientific method, and generalized into scientific laws or principles. [Sciences] n., A piece of wax, lead or other material upon which an impression has been made and attached to a document or applied to the face thereof. Originally serving as a means of authentication of the aut
hor of a record and of the record itself. [Archives] n., A rigorous, systematic approach, designed to eliminate bias and other subjective influences in the search, identification, and measurement or validation of facts and cause-effect relationships, and from which scientif ic laws may be deduced. [Sciences] n., An authoritative statement of what to do or not to do in a specific situation, issued by a competent person. [General Dictionaries] n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form that
comprises the characteristics of a document’s writing such as the layout of the writing with respect to the physical form of the document, the presence of different hands o r types of writing in the same document, the correspondence between paragraphs and conceptual sections of the text, ty pe of punctuation, abbreviations, initialisms, ink, erasures, corrections, etc. [Archives] n., A rigorous, systematic approach, designed to eliminate bias and other subjective influences in the search, n., A piece of
wax, lead or other material upon which an impression has been made and attached to a document or applied t o the face thereof. Originally serving as a means of authentication of the author of a record and of the record itself. [Archives] n., A device for impressing characteristic marks into a soft surface, often to indicate ownership. Seals may be in the form of stamps or cylinder seals. [Sciences] n., A piece of wax, lead or other material upon which an impression in relief from a seal has been made, at
tatched to a document or applied to the face thereof, originally serving as a means of authentication; also used to close a document. [Archives] n., A die or signet, having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression upon a receptive substance such as wax or lead. [Archives] n., A die/matrix, usually of metal, engraved in intaglio with the device or design used to produce by the application of pressure a seal. Dies may be of one/sided design only or in pairs producing dissimilar designs simulta
neously on each seal. [Archives] n., Electronic Seal. Specific electronic means of authenticating a record or ensuring that it is only opened by the intended addr essee. It is a distinct type of electronic signature. [Archives] n., Artifacts bearing monograms, writing, numbers, or designs in intaglio for making an impression in relief on some soft, tenacious substance such as clay or wax. They may be flat or cylindrical, the impression made by rolling the seal over the surface. [Arts] n., Die or signet,
often in the form of a cylinder or ring, having a raised (cut) or incised (engraved) emblem, such as a heraldic device or monogram. A seal is used to stamp an impression on wax or lead as a means of authentication or to seal closed a document or letter. [Arts] n., A stamp, carved cylinder, signet ring, etc., used to make an impression in molten wax to secure a letter or other document, confirming the identity of the sender and/or the authenticity of the contents. Also refers to the impressed design or mark
itself, a broken seal indicating that the document has been opened. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., Wax impressed with a design and attached to any document as a sign of its authenticity; alternatively, an adhesive wafer or anything else intended to serve the purpose of a seal may be used. [Government] v., a) To confirm or make secure by or as if by a seal. b) To solemnize for eternity. [General Dictionaries] v., a) To confirm or make secure by or as if by a seal. b) To solemnize for eternity. [
General Dictionaries] n., See : non-volatile storage [Computer and Information Sciences] secretarial note n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises any of several types of clerical notes that might appear on a document, such as the initials of the typist, the mention of enclosures, or an indication that the document is copied to other persons. [Archives] semiactive record v., Authentication without extrinsic evidence of truth or genuineness. In federal courts, certain wr
itings, such as notarized documents and certified copies of public records, may be admitted into evidence by self-authentication. [Government] self-authenticating n., An object whose data structure, form, or layout provides both definitions and values for the data or formats of the object. A self-describing entity can be evaluated, with all its elements and forms understood, without the need of external references. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., See n., A rule that governs the meanings or interp
retations of symbols or elements within an object. [Computer and Information Sciences] : semiactive record [Archives] n., The representation of a vocabulary in a particular machine-processable form, such as an RDF or relational-database schema. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A rule that governs the meanings or interpretations of symbols or elements within an object. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A record which are no longer needed for the purpose of carrying out the action for which it
was created, but whic h is needed by the records creator for reference. Syn.: semicurrent record. [Archives] n., Records required so infrequently in the conduct of current business that they should be transferred from offices t o a records centre pending their ultimate disposal/disposition. [Archives] n., A record which are no longer needed for the purpose of carrying out the action for which it was created, but which is needed by the records creator for reference. Syn.: semicurrent record. [Archives] n
., See : semiactive record [Archives] sgml n., See : outgoing document [Models (MCP)] set aside n., See : outgoing document [Archives] sent document v., To save a digital object onto a storage medium in a location-independent way so that it can be transmitted or stored elsewhere. [Computer and Information Sciences] sgml-compliant document n., See : records series [Archives] n., See v., To declare a record and retain it for future reference or use, usually in a recordkeeping system. [Archives] a.,
Of a record that is filed or archived, by assigning to it a classification code, including it in a folder or consigning it to a recordkeeping system, or that is associated with other records by any other means. [Archives] v., (Of a court) to annul or vacate (a judgment, order, etc.) [Government] : outgoing document [Models (MCP)] n., Initialism for “Standard Generalized Markup Language.” [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A digital document encoded using Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
in conformance with the syntactic rules described in a Document Type Definition (DTD) or a schema document. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A digital document encoded using Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) in conformance with the syntactic rules described in a Document Type Definition (DTD) or a schema document. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The name or special mark of a person, affixed by the person’s hand or by its authorized agent on a document for the purpose of taking r
esponsibility for, approving, or validating all or part of its content. [Archives] n., A digital document encoded using Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) or any one of its derivative markup languages, such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) [Compute r and Information Sciences] a., Of a record that is filed or archived, by assigning to it a classification code, including it in a folder or consigning it to a recordkeeping system, or that is associated with ot
her records by any other means. [Archives] n., The name or special mark of a person, affixed by the person’s hand or by its authorized agent on a document for the purpose of taking responsibility for, approving, or validating all or part of its content. [Archives] n., The characteristics of geophysical anomalies within a region or along a profile. It is often based on Fourier or power-spectrum analyses of either gravity (gravity signature) or magnetic (magnetic signature) residual anomalies. [Sciences]
n., The name of a person written in his own hand. Also known as an autograph. [Archives] n., The name or special mark of a person written on a document. The signature may be handwritten by the person in his/her own hand or typed, or may be affixed by an office authorized to do so. [Archives] n., Persons' names written in their own hand. [Arts] n., A ‘sign’ placed at the opening of a comp. or of a section of a comp., indicating the key (key signature) or the value of the beat and the no. of beats in eac
h measure (time signature). [Arts] n., Letters or numbers, or combinations of letters and numbers, printed at the foot of the first page, and sometimes on subsequent leaves of a gathering, as a guide to the binder in arranging them in their correct order. [Arts] n., A few lines of information about the sender of an electronic mail message or news posting. Most Unix mail and news software will automagically append a signature from a file called .signature in the user's home directory to outgoing mail and n
ews. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A collection of symbols intended to be associated with sets and with functions on and elements from the sets. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A name or other distinctive mark made by an individual or made with his or her authority. [General Dictionaries] n., A collection of symbols intended to be associated with sets and with functions on and elements from the sets. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A copy that only reproduces the content of a
record. [Archives] n., The mere transcription of the content of the original. [Archives] n., An acceptable level or criterion according to which something is compared, measured, or judged. Also refers to an amount, n., The systematic transformation of existing software or systems into a new form to realize quality improvements in operation, system capability, functionality, interoperability, performance or evolvability. [Computer and Information Sciences] standard size of a catalog card used by librarie
s prior to the development of machine-readable cataloging. A standard may also be n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form that comprises a symbol that identifies one or more of the persons involved in the compilation, receipt or execution of a record. [Archives] standards body, such as NISO. A de facto standard is one that becomes generally accepted without the formal endorsement of a n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form concerning specific aspects of the record’s f
ormal presentation that are necessary for it to achieve the purpose for which it was created, such as special layouts, hyperlinks, deliberately employed type fonts or colours, image resolutions, audio sampling rates, etc. [Archives] Compare with bench mark, best practices, and guidelines. See also: standards. n., A detailed description of features and/or functions in the design of an entity or system. [Computer and Information Sciences] [Computer and Information Sciences] a., With reference to content,
either unchangeable or changeable according to fixed rules, that is, endowed with bounded variability. [Archives] n., A set of rules and guidelines co-operatively adhered to by national and international peer entities. [General Dictionaries] n., The complex of established norms aiming to make the characteristic of a product, process, or service uniform within or across a sector, a country, or a system. [Archives] n., Established principle, rule, guide or measure. [Arts] n., A publicly available definiti
on of a hardware or software component, resulting from international, national, or industrial agreement. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., An acceptable level or criterion according to which something is compared, measured, or judged. Also refers to an amount, extent, quality, pattern, criterion, etc., fixed by usage or convention or established as the norm by prevailing authority, as in the standard size of a catalog card used by libraries prior to the development of machine-readable cataloging. A s
tandard may also be a specification that identifies model methods, materials, or practices. A standard may be approved by a formal ANSI-accredited standards body, such as NISO. A de facto standard is one that becomes generally accepted without the formal endorsement of a standard-setting organization. A community standard is a de facto standard developed and used within a particular user group.Compare with bench mark, best practices, and guidelines. See also: standards. Also, any object, such as a flag or
banner, used to symbolize a nation, people, military unit, etc. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., Rules established to prescribe qualities or practices in order to achieve common goals. [General Dictionaries] n., A set of rules and guidelines co-operatively adhered to by national and international peer entities. [General Dicti onaries] n., Benchmarks used to measure some quality or practice. [General Dictionaries] n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form concerning specific aspe
cts of the record’s formal presentation that are necessary for it to achieve the purpose for which it was created, such as special layouts, hyperlinks, deliberately employed type fonts or colours, image resolutions, audio sampling rates, etc. [Archives] n., (SGML) An ISO standard text-formatting language for defining descriptions of the structure and content of different types of digital documents. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., n., Sets of rules or guidelines co-operatively adhered to by peer e
ntities. [Models (MCP)] n., Criteria, rules, procedures, or devices approved by official authority or general consent, that serve as examples to be followed or as measures for evaluation or comparative judgment. [Models (MCP)] n., A set of guidelines, usually drafted by experts in a particular field of technology, that are issued for general use by national and international standards organisations. [Models (MCP)] n., The format used to distribute a television signal. Examples include NTSC, PAL, SECAM. [M
odels (MCP)] A stored digital document that is treated and managed as a record. [Models (MCP)] n., See : status of transmission [Archives] A digital object that is placed in a storage system on a digital medium. [Models (MCP)] n., The degree of perfection of a record; that is, whether a record is a draft, an original or a copy. [Archives] n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises a symbol that identifies one or more of the persons involved in the compilation, receipt,
or execution of a record. [Archives] n., A digital object that is placed in a storage system on a digital medium and is treated and managed as a digital compon ent. [Models (MCP)] Location of statement signifying what a document is about such as specific topics, functions, or activities. [Archives] n., A digital document that is placed in a storage system on a digital medium and is treated and managed as a document. [Models (MCP)] n., A digital document that is placed in a storage system on a digital
medium and is treated and managed as a document. [Models (MCP)] n., A digital object that is placed in a storage system on a digital medium. [Models (MCP)] standards n., A stored digital document that is treated and managed as a record. [Models (MCP)] superscription n., The complex of practical means formally articulated by an entity for reaching a specific purpose, that is, a plan or a road map for implementing policies. [Archives] stored digital record n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of d
ocumentary form that comprises a symbol that identifies one or more of the persons involved in the compilation, receipt, or execution of a record. [Archives] status of transmission n., Location of statement signifying what a document is about such as specific topics, functions, or activities. [Archives] n., Criteria, rules, procedures, or devices approved by official authority or general consent, that serve as examples to be followed or as measures for evaluation or comparative judgment. [Models (MCP)]
n., The act of signing one's name on a document; the signature so affixed. [Government] n., The format used to distribute a television signal. Examples include NTSC, PAL, SECAM. [Models (MCP)] n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the mention of the name of the author of the document and/or the action and which may take the form of an entitling. [Archives] n., Something written, printed, or engraved at the top or on the outside surface of an object, especially a name
and/or address on the outside of an envelope or parcel. [Computer and Information Sciences] Seea., (of a document) Constituting evidence of a juridically relevant activity. [Archives] n., A rule that governs the ways symbols or elements within an object can be arranged and used. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., A retrospective record constituting written evidence of an activity that does not result in a juridical act, bu t is itself juridically relevent. With dispositive, narrative, probative and
prospective, one of five functional categories of records. [Archives] n., The characteristics of the hardware, software, and other components of an electronic computing system in which records are created. [Archives] n., A character, image, mark, shape, characteristic, or thing used to represent or denote something else by associatio n, convention, or unintended resemblance. [General Dictionaries] n., A character, image, mark, shape, characteristic, or thing used to represent or denote something else by
association, convention, or unintended resemblance. [General Dictionaries] n., A rule that governs the ways symbols or elements within an object can be arranged and used. [Computer and Information Scie nces] n., A digital records preservation strategy that involves maintaining the original software and hardware platforms with which the records were created or last manifested in authentic form. [Archives] n., An organized and integrated set of detailed methods, policies, procedures, resources, routines,
rules and tools es tablished or formulated to carry out a specific activity, perform a duty, or solve a problem. [General Dictionaries] n., The authentication of records based on the use of administrative procedures to establish a presumption of authenticity or, if necessary, a verification of authenticity, especially through comparison of the evidence compiled about a record’s identity and integrity and the procedural controls exercised over its creation, use, maintenance and/or preservation with the requ
irements for authentic records. [Archives] n., See: mark-up; markup tag [Computer and Information Sciences] n., Something written, printed, or engraved at the top or on the outside surface of an object, especially a name and/or address on the outside of an envelope or parcel. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The characteristics of the hardware, software, and other components of an electronic computing system in which records are created. [Archives] n., The hardware and software environment in wh
ich the record exists or was created. [Archives] supporting n., A digital records preservation strategy that involves maintaining the original software and hardware platforms with which the records were created or last manifested in authentic form. [Archives] supporting record n., The use of technological mechanisms, such as digital signatures or other cryptographic techniques, to authenticate records; technology-independent authentication. [Archives] technology preservation n., The authentication of
records based on the use of administrative procedures to establish a presumption of authenticity or, if necessary, a verification of authenticity, especially through comparison of the evidence compiled about a record’s identity and integrity and the procedural controls exercised over its creation, use, maintenance and/or preservation with the requirements for authentic records. [Archives] technology-dependent authentication technology-independent authentication n., Formal instruments that identify in arc
hival and technological terms digital records to be transferred, together with relevant documentation, and that identify the medium and format of transfers, when the transfers will occur, and the parties to the transfers. [Models (MCP)] n., n., [documentary form] The central section of a document, which contains the action, including the considerations and circumstances which gave origin to it, and the conditions related to its accomplishment. [Archives] n., A collection of words, numbers, or symbols that
conveys meaning as language. [General Dictionaries] n., The main body of a document as distinct from its introductory part and conclusive parts. [Archives] n., The wording of a document. [Archives] n., Generally, written or printed words, phrases, or sentences arranged to make a communication. Includes oral verbal communications set down in writing or print. [Arts] n., A signifying structure organized by codes and conventions, capable of creating meaning, capable of being read. [Arts] n., Words, numbe
rs, or symbols. [General Dictionaries] n., Formal instruments that identify in archival and technological terms digital records to be transferred, together with relevant documentation, and that identify the medium and format of transfers, when the transfers will occur, and the parties to the transfers. [Models (MCP)] n., Rights belonging to a party other than the author or the addressee of a record. [Archives] Information, technology and other equipment and supplies used to manage the lifecycle of reco
rds. [Models (MCP)] n., An attestation by a trusted third party that a record was received at a particular point in time. [Archives] n., A notation made on a record indicating the time, and sometimes the date, that some action occured. [Archives] n., The time and date of an operation or event when automatically added to a screen display, log file, or output file of a computer procedure. It is a valuable aid to the tracking down of errors and can be used as part of an auditing process. The time and date
are derived from the computer's internal real-time clock. [Computer and Information Sciences] transformative migration n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form comprising an indication of the action, matter of subject of the record, usually under the entitling or in its place. [Archives] n., The main body of a document as distinct from its introductory part and conclusive parts. [Archives] n., Information, technology and other equipment and supplies used to manage the lifecycle of rec
ords. [Models (MCP)] communications set down in writing or print. [Arts] n., The place of the compilation of a record, included in the record by its author. [Archives] n., Element in the organization of a file or consisting of documents which relate to a specific administrative action; case papers/files may be restricted to a single transaction (Canadain usage: transactional files). [Archives] n., An act or several interconnected acts in which more than one person is involved and by which the relations
of those persons are altered. [Archives] n., Element in the organization of a file or consisting of documents which relate to a specific administrative action; case pap ers/files may be restricted to a single transaction (Canadain usage: transactional files). [Archives] n., An act capable of changing the relationship between two or more physical or juridical persons. [Archives] n., A unit of interaction with a DBMS or similar system. It must be treated in a coherent and reliable way independent of other
transactions. [Computer and Information Sciences] n., An action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs (TISH). [General Dictionaries] procedure. It is a valuable aid to the tracking down of errors and can be used as part of an auditing process. The time and date are n., The process of converting or upgrading digital objects or systems to a newer generation of hardware and/or software computer technology. [Computer a
nd Information Sciences] udf n., The process of converting records in the usual and ordinary course of business (otherwise the activity is not migration but creation) to maintain their compatibility with a newer generation of hardware and/or software computer technology, while leaving intact their intellectual form. [Archives] transmission n., The moving of a record across space (from a person or organization to another, or from a system to another), or through time. [Archives] trusted custodian n., A
preserver who can demonstrate that it has no reason to alter the preserved records or allow others to alter them and is capable of implementing all of the requirements for the preservation of authentic copies of records. [Archives] trusted records officer n., The whole of the rules that control the preservation and use of the records of the creator and provide a circumstantial probability of the authenticity of the records, and the tools and mechanisms used to implement those rules. [Models (MCP)] trust
ed recordkeeping system n., The whole of the rules that control the creation, maintenance use and disposition of the records of the creator and provide a circumstantial probability of the authenticity of the records, and the tools and mechanisms used to implement those rules. [Archives] n., A type of system where rules govern which documents are eligible for inclusion in the record-keeping system, who may place records in the system and retrieve records from it, what may be done to and with a record, how
long records remain in the system, and how records are removed from it. [Archives] n., A system that comprises the whole of the rules that control the creation, maintenance, use and disposition of the records of the creator and that provide a circumstantial probability of the authenticity of the records within the system. [Archives] Initialism for “uniform disk format.” [Computer and Information Sciences] n., An individual or a unit within the creating organization who is responsible for keeping and man
aging the creator’s records, who has no reason to alter the creator’s records or allow others to alter them and who is capable of implementing all of the requirements for authentic records. [Archives] n., The moving of a record across space (from a person or organization to another, or from a system to another), or through time. [Archives] n., Any outsider or person not a party to the fact or act nor immediately concerned with it. [General Dictionaries] n., The whole of the rules that control the creati
on, maintenance use and disposition of the records of the creator and provide a circumstantial probability of the authenticity of the records, and the tools and mechanisms used to implement those rules. [Archives] n., The accuracy, reliability and authenticity of a record. [Archives] n., n., B o th an accurate statement of facts and a genuine manifestation of those facts. [Archives] Dependable as authentic, reliable, and having integrity. [General Dictionaries] Both an accurate statement of facts and
a genuine manifestation of those facts. [Archives] Dependable as authentic, reliable, and having integrity. [General Dictionaries] a., [diplomatics] The quality of a record whose content is in accordance with the actual state of affairs. With correct, perti nent and precise, a component of accuracy. [Archives] system, and how records are removed from it. [Archives] n., Initialism for “uniform disk format.” [Computer and Information Sciences] url n., A traceable and uninterrupted line of care, control
and usually possession of a body of records from creation to preservation that can serve as a means of protecting the authenticity of the record. [Archives] version n., A universal 16-bit (two byte) standard character set for representing all scripts in active modern use as plain text in computer processing. [Computer and Information Sciences] upgrade n., (URL) A standard way of [uniquely] specifying the location of an object, typically a Web page, on the Internet; the form of address used on the Worl
d-Wide Web. Syn.: universal resource locator. [Computer and Information Sciences] universal disk format n., (UTF-8) An ASCII-compatible scheme for encoding Unicode values in sets of eight bits. [Computer and Information Sciences] universal resource locator n., A universal, vendor-independent file system standard (ISO 13346) for storing data on optical media; designed for data interchange and portability, allowing an operating system to read, write and modify data stored on optical media that were create
d by another operating system. [Computer and Information Sciences] updated storage information n., See : uniform resource locator [Computer and Information Sciences] n., n., Information indicating a change in the location of a digital component in storage, the occurrence of a storage problem, the action taken to correct a storage problem, the results of such actions, or the copying of the components from older to new storage media. [Archives] : uniform resource locator [Computer and Information Sciences]
n., A new or better version of some hardware or software computer technology. [Computer and Information Sciences] v., To develop or install a new or better version of some hardware or software computer technology. [Computer and Information Sciences] v., To raise (something esp. equipment or facilities) from one grade to another; to improve or enhance physically. [ General Dictionaries] n., Information indicating a change in the location of a digital component in storage, the occurrence of a storage prob
lem, the action taken to correct a storage problem, the results of such actions, or the copying of the components from older to new storage media. [Archives] n., Initialism for “uniform resource locator.” [Computer and Information Sciences] Information Sciences] n., Initialism for “universal character set transformation format 8.” [Computer and Information Sciences] n., The act or process of establishing a correspondence of known facts about the record itself and the various contexts in which it has b