Purpose
This glossary collects together terms from various existing glossaries related to digital preservation. Using SKOS we indicate, for a given term, which other terms are related to, narrower than or broader than it.
Sources
Terms without attribution are from OAIS.
Terms with the same name in different sources have the source abbreviation appended
- OAIS = OAIS glossary
- APARSEN = a term that has been introduced by one of the APARSEN project team members
- DPC
- ANZ
- SNIA
- INTERPARES
- TDR
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Acceptance | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., An agreement, either by express act or by implication from conduct, to the terms of an offer so that a binding contract is formed. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Acceptance |
Access | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | General concept of Access |
Pref Label: | Access |
Related term: | Access_Aid |
Related term: | Access_Functional_Entity |
Related term: | Access_Copy |
Related term: | Access_Policy |
Related term: | Access_Collection |
Related term: | Access_Rights |
Related term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Archives_and_Recordkeeping_Context |
Related term: | Access_Software |
Related term: | Access_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Access_privileges_code |
Related term: | Access_restrictions |
Related term: | Access_restrictions_code |
Related term: | Access_rights_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Access_System |
Related term: | Accessibility |
Access_Aid | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A software program or document that allows Consumers to locate, analyze, order or retrieve Archival Information Packages of interest. |
Pref Label: | Access Aid |
Narrower term: | Finding_Aid |
Narrower term: | Access_Software |
Broader term: | Other_Representation_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Access_Collection | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A collection of AIPs that is defined by a Collection Description but for which there is no Packaging Information for the collection in Archival Storage. |
Pref Label: | Access Collection |
Related term: | Access |
Access_Copy | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Copy made from a collection item for you to use so that the original item can be preserved and protected from damage. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Access Copy |
Related term: | Access |
Access_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | As defined in the handbook, access is assumed to mean continued, ongoing usability of a digital resource, retaining all qualities of authenticity, accuracy and functionality deemed to be essential for the purposes the digital material was created and/or acquired for. Source: DPC |
Pref Label: | Access DPC |
Access_Functional_Entity | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The OAIS functional entity that contains the services and functions which make the archival information holdings and related services visible to Consumers. |
Pref Label: | Access Functional Entity |
Related term: | Access |
Access_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The right, opportunity, or means of finding, using or approaching documents and/or information. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Access INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Access_Policy | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Written statement authorized by the repository management that describes the approach to be taken by the repository for providing access to objects accessioned into the repository. The Access Policy may distinguish between different types of access rights, for example between system administrators, Designated Communities and general users. Source: OAIS A set of rules and guidelines that determine how the institution’s collections, services, products and databases are accessed.Source: amended from NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Access Policy |
Related term: | Access |
Access_privileges | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The authority to access a system to compile, classify, register, retrieve, annotate, read, transfer or destroy records, granted to a person, position or office within an organization or agency. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Access privileges |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access_restrictions |
Related term: | Access_rights_INTERPARES |
Access_privileges_code | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The indication of the person, position or office authorized to annotate a record, delete it, or remove it from the system. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Access privileges code |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Access_restrictions | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The authority to read a record, granted to a person, position or office within an organization or agency. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Access restrictions |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Related term: | Access_privileges |
Related term: | Access_rights_INTERPARES |
Access_restrictions_code | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The indication of the person, position or office authorized to read a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Access restrictions code |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Access_Rights | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The access available to system users attached to specific roles in the system. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Access Rights |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Access_Rights_Information | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The information that identifies the access restrictions pertaining to the Content Information, including the legal framework, licensing terms, and access control. It contains the access and distribution conditions stated within the Submission Agreement, related to both preservation (by the OAIS) and final usage (by the Consumer). It also includes the specifications for the application of rights enforcement measures. |
Pref Label: | Access Rights Information |
Narrower term: | Permissions |
Narrower term: | Restriction |
Narrower term: | Access_INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Access_privileges |
Narrower term: | Access_privileges_code |
Narrower term: | Access_restrictions |
Narrower term: | Access_restrictions_code |
Narrower term: | Access_Rights |
Narrower term: | Access_rights_INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Preservation_Description_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Related term: | Digital_Rights |
Related term: | Digital_Rights_Management |
Related term: | Digital_Rights_Management_ANZ |
Access_rights_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: access privileges; access restrictions. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Access rights INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Related term: | Access_privileges |
Related term: | Access_restrictions |
Access_Software | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A type of software that presents part of or all of the information content of an Information Object in forms understandable to humans or systems. |
Pref Label: | Access Software |
Broader term: | Access_Aid |
Broader term: | Other_Representation_Information |
Related term: | Access |
Access_System | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | The mechanism that provides the ability to interact with a system, to retrieve relevant information (e.g., digital objects) and use this information |
Pref Label: | Access System |
Related term: | Access |
Accessibility | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The availability and usability of information. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Accessibility |
Related term: | Access |
Accession | |
In scheme: | TBD |
Definition: | A group of records or archives from the same source taken into archival custody at the same time. (v.) The process of formally accepting and recording the receipt of records into archival custody. Accessioning provides basic physical and intellectual control over material coming into an archives.(KA, p.460) |
Pref Label: | Accession |
Narrower term: | Accession_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Ingest_Functional_Entity |
Related term: | Accession_record |
Accession_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A body of records formally accepted into custody as a unit at a single time. [Archives] v., To take legal and physical custody of a body of records and to document it in a register. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Accession INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Accession |
Related term: | Accession_record |
Accession_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record documenting the preserver’s acceptance of responsibility for preserving a clearly identified set of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Accession record |
Related term: | Accession |
Related term: | Accession_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Accessioned_records |
Accessioned_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Acquired records whose authenticity and feasibility of preservation have been confirmed and have been registered in an accession record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Accessioned records |
Related term: | Accession_record |
Accountability | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The obligation to answer for actions for which one is responsible. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Accountability |
Accrual | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An acquisition of the records of a creator that is additional to the records of the creator already in the custody of the preserver. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Accrual |
Accuracy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The degree to which data, information, documents or records are precise, correct, truthful, free of error or distortion, or pertinent to the matter. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Accuracy |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Acquire | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To gain possession or control of; to get or obtain. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Acquire |
Broader term: | Ingest_Functional_Entity |
Acquired_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Records that are taken into the custody of the preserver from the creator, for their permanent preservation. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Acquired records |
Acquisition | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Items acquired for a library, or the department which acquires items for the library’s collections. |
Pref Label: | Acquisition |
Acquisition_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The process of adding to the holdings of an archival repository or records centre. [Archives] n., An addition to the holdings of an archival repository or records centre. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Acquisition INTERPARES |
Related term: | Ingest_Functional_Entity |
Act | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Legislation that has been made law, especially a statute. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Act |
Active_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record needed by the creator for the purpose of carrying out the action for which it was created or for frequent reference.Syn.: current record. [Archives] n., Records needed by the creator for the purpose of carrying out the actions for which they were created or for frequent reference. Syn.: current records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Active record |
Related term: | Current_record |
Active_Records | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Those records required for the day-to-day functioning of an agency or person. Also referred to as current records. Source: S2 – Storage Standard ANZ |
Pref Label: | Active Records |
Activity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A series of acts or actions aimed to one purpose. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Activity |
Actor_Identifier | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | A unique expression that makes it possible to disambiguate authors from each other. The use of these IDs has been recognized as a fundamental issue to establish the identity of authors and other contributors and reliably link them to their published works. |
Pref Label: | Actor identifier |
Related term: | Consumer |
Related term: | Producer |
Actors | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Persons who carry out acts or actions. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Actors |
Related term: | Consumer |
Related term: | Producer |
Related term: | Person |
Related term: | User_community_PI |
Address | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A place or location where a particular piece of information is stored, or where an entity can be communicated with. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Address |
Narrower term: | Electronic_address |
Addressee | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Person(s) to whom the record is directed or for whom the record is intended. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Addressee |
Related term: | Person |
Related term: | Addressee’s_name |
Addressee’s_name | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The name of the person to whom the record is directed or for whom the record is intended. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Addressee’s name |
Related term: | Addressee |
Adhoc_Order | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A request that is generated by a Consumer for information the OAIS has indicated is currently available. |
Pref Label: | Adhoc Order |
Administration_Functional_Entity | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The OAIS functional entity that contains the services and functions needed to control the operation of the other OAIS functional entities on a day-to-day basis. |
Pref Label: | Administration Functional Entity |
Related term: | Administrative_accountability |
Related term: | Administrative_context |
Related term: | Administrative_control |
Related term: | Administrative_History |
Related term: | Controlling_Organisation |
Administrative_accountability | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The sort of accountability aimed at non-political and non-legal authorities such as civil servants and top ranking administrators. Involves developing and implementing procedures for carrying out actions and documenting them to ensure that everything is done according to rule and in proper sequence, so that administrators can account at any time precisely for anything that has been done. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Administrative accountability |
Related term: | Administration_Functional_Entity |
Administrative_context | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The structure, functions and procedures of the organizational environment in which the creator exists. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Administrative context |
Related term: | Administration_Functional_Entity |
Administrative_control | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., 1. The exercise of authority over maintenance, use, disposition, and accessibility of current archives to carry on the function for which they were created. [Archives] n., 2. The means of physically locating the holdings of records centres and archival institutions through numbering and listing. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Administrative control |
Related term: | Administration_Functional_Entity |
Administrative_History | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | That part of a finding aid that describes: 1) the history of an agency or a group of related agencies, its organisational structure and functional responsibilities; or 2) the highlights of the life and career of a person or family. The administrative history of a person is also referred to as a biographical note. (KA, p.461) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Administrative History |
Related term: | Administration_Functional_Entity |
Admissibility | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The quality of being permitted to serve as evidence in trial or hearing or other proceeding. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Admissibility |
Affix | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To store on a medium in an unchangeable way. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Affix |
Affixed | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., Stored on a medium in an unchangeable way. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Affixed |
Agency | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | In the GAIMS system of archival description, this refers to a body, business, organisation or institution that creates or manages its own records in the course of its business or activities. In the case of large organisations or institutions, subordinate parts such as departments, sections, units, regional or branch offices may be regarded as separate agencies.(KA, p.461) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Agency |
Agency_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An administrative body having the delegated authority to act competently on behalf of a higher body. Every agency is a juridical person, composed of juridical persons. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Agency INTERPARES |
Agent | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., One who is authorized to act for or in place of another. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Agent |
Aggregate_archival_unit | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An archival unit composed of multiple archival documents, such as a fonds, series or file. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Aggregate archival unit |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Aggregated_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: archival aggregation; arranged records; records aggregation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Aggregated records |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Collection |
Related term: | Archival_aggregation |
Related term: | Arranged_records |
Related term: | Records_aggregation |
AIP_Edition | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An AIP whose Content Information or Preservation Description Information has been upgraded or improved with the intent not to preserve information, but to increase or improve it. An AIP edition is not considered to be the result of a Migration. |
Pref Label: | AIP Edition |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
AIP_Version | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An AIP whose Content Information or Preservation Description Information has undergone a Transformation on a source AIP and is a candidate to replace the source AIP. An AIP version is considered to be the result of a Digital Migration. |
Pref Label: | AIP Version |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Related term: | AIP_Version |
Related term: | AIP_Version |
Alteration | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An act done to a document after its completion whereby its meaning or language is changed. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Alteration |
Related term: | Transformation |
American_standard_code_for_information_interchange | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (ASCII) The binary code used by most computers to represent in digital format the uppercase and lowercase letters of the Latin script, numerals, and special characters so that they can be sent to, and understood by, other computers and devices such as modems and printers. Each ASCII character consists of seven information bits and one parity bit for error checking. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | ASCII |
Analogue | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., The representation of an object or physical process through the use of continuously variable electronic signals or mechanical patterns. In contrast to a digitally-encoded representation of an object or physical process, an analogue representation resembles the original. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Analogue |
Related term: | Analogue_component |
Related term: | Analogue_data |
Related term: | Analogue_document |
Related term: | Analogue_encoding |
Related term: | Analogue_medium |
Related term: | Analogue_object |
Analogue_component | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An analogue object that is part of one or more analogue documents, requiring a given preservation action. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Analogue component |
Related term: | Analogue |
Analogue_data | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The smallest meaningful units of information, expressed as continuous electronic signals or mechanical patterns affixed to an analogue medium. [Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Analogue data |
Related term: | Analogue |
Analogue_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An analogue component, or group of components, that is affixed to an analogue medium and is treated and managed as a document. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Analogue document |
Related term: | Analogue |
Analogue_encoding | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The use of continuously variable electronic signals or mechanical patterns rather than discrete numeric values (such as those generated by a digital system). [Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Analogue encoding |
Related term: | Analogue |
Analogue_medium | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Physical material, such as a paper, parchment, stone, clay, film or certain types of magnetic audio- and videotape, used for storage of analogue data. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Analogue medium |
Related term: | Analogue |
Analogue_object | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A discrete aggregation of one type or class of analogue data (e.g., text, audio, video, image). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Analogue object |
Broader term: | Data_Object |
Related term: | Analogue |
Analogue_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An analogue document that is treated and managed as a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Analogue record |
Broader term: | Data_Object |
Analogue_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Any system handling analogue data or objects, as opposed to a digital system. [Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Analogue system |
Annotation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An addition made to a record after it has been created. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Annotation |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Ansi | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “American National Standards Institute.” [Government] |
Pref Label: | Ansi |
API | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “application programming interface.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | API |
Application | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Computer software that allows the user to process data or perform calculations necessary to achieve a desired result, as opposed to the operating system designed to control the computer’s hardware and run all other programs. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Application |
Related term: | Other_Representation_Information |
Application_profile | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A fully conforming instantiation of an element set for a particular community, created to adapt an element set into a package tailored to the functional requirements of a particular application while retaining interoperability with the base standard. Can involve mixing and matching terms from multiple standards to meet the descriptive needs of a particular project or service. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Application profile |
Application_programming_interface | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (API) A set of routines, protocols and tools for building software applications; specifically, establishing the interface (calling conventions) by which a software application accesses the operating system and other services. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Application programming interface |
Appraisal | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The process of evaluation to determine whether records are needed by a public office or local authority and how long they should be kept. Appraisal involves deciding which records of an organisation are retained permanently as public archives, and which records are destroyed once the organisation’s business and accountability requirements have been met. This is based on analysing the organisation’s business activities, while weighing up community expectations about permanent retention of those records. Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Appraisal |
Related term: | Appraisal_decisions |
Related term: | Appraisal_decisions |
Related term: | Appraisal_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Appraisal_strategy |
Appraisal_decisions | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Determinations of the retention periods and disposition of records, including the terms and conditions of transfer from the creator to the preserver. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Appraisal decisions |
Related term: | Appraisal |
Related term: | Appraisal |
Appraisal_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of assessing the value of records for the purpose of determining the length and conditions of their preservation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Appraisal INTERPARES |
Related term: | Appraisal |
Appraisal_strategy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The rules and conventions of the entity responsible for permanent preservation that govern the appraisal of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Appraisal strategy |
Related term: | Appraisal |
Appreciation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises a wish for the realization of the content of the document. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Appreciation |
Architecture | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [computing] Design, the way components fit together. The term architecture can refer to either hardware or software, or to a combination of hardware and software. The architecture of a system always defines its broad outlines, and may define precise mechanisms as well. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Architecture |
Archival_aggregation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The whole of the archival documents comprising an aggregate archival unit. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival aggregation |
Broader term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Related term: | Aggregated_records |
Archival_arrangement | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of identifying archival documents as they belong to groupings within a fonds. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival arrangement |
Broader term: | Archival_description |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Related term: | Arrangement |
Archival_bond | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The network of relationships that each record has with the records belonging in the same records aggregation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival bond |
Archival_date | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The date on which a record is set aside by inserting it in the aggregation to which it belongs and classifying it. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival date |
Broader term: | Archival_description |
Archival_description | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The creation of an accurate representation of a unit of description and its component parts, if any, by capturing, analyzing, organizing and recording information that serves to identify, manage, locate and explain archival materials and the context and records systems which produced it.Syn.: description. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival description |
Narrower term: | Archival_date |
Narrower term: | Archival_arrangement |
Related term: | Archival_description_system |
Archival_description_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | 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] |
Pref Label: | Archival description system |
Related term: | Archival_description |
Archival_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival document |
Related term: | Record |
Archival_documentation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The information provided 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] |
Pref Label: | Archival documentation |
Archival_fonds | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: fonds. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival fonds |
Related term: | Fonds |
Archival_framework | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The whole of the policies, strategies and procedures, based on archival concepts, principles and methods, that control recordkeeping and preservation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival framework |
Archival_Information_Collection | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An Archival Information Package whose Content Information is an aggregation of other Archival Information Packages. |
Pref Label: | Archival Information Collection |
Related term: | Aggregated_records |
Archival_Information_Package | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An Information Package, consisting of the Content Information and the associated Preservation Description Information (PDI), which is preserved within an OAIS. |
Pref Label: | Archival Information Package |
Narrower term: | Archival_Information_Unit |
Narrower term: | Archival_aggregation |
Broader term: | Information_Package |
Related term: | Aggregate_archival_unit |
Related term: | Aggregated_records |
Related term: | AIP_Edition |
Related term: | AIP_Version |
Related term: | Archival_arrangement |
Related term: | Archival_Storage_Functional_Entity |
Related term: | Archival_unit |
Related term: | Complex_Digital_Object |
Archival_Information_Unit | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An Archival Information Package where the archive chooses not to break down the Content Information into other Archival Information Packages. An AIU can consist of multiple digital objects (e.g., multiple files). |
Pref Label: | Archival Information Unit |
Broader term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Broader term: | Information_Package |
Archival_methodology | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The application of principles and procedures articulated and developed from archival theory. The analysis, recording and maintenance of the links between the function of the information recorded on the one hand and its form, structure and provenancial context on the other. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival methodology |
Archival_preservation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | See: records preservation [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival preservation |
Related term: | Records_Preservation |
Archival_preservation_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | See: records preservation system [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival preservation system |
Related term: | Records_preservation_system |
Archival_science | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A systematic body of knowledge that supports the practice of appraising, acquiring, authenticating, preserving, and providing access to recorded materials. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival science |
Archival_Storage_Functional_Entity | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The OAIS functional entity that contains the services and functions used for the storage and retrieval of Archival Information Packages. |
Pref Label: | Archival Storage Functional Entity |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Related term: | Persistent_storage |
Related term: | Primary_storage |
Archival_unit | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Any of the groupings of archival documents comprising a fonds, as delineated during the process of archival arrangement. An archival unit can be a fonds, series, file, item or variation thereof, depending on institutional standards. A unit may be divided into sub-units for the purposes of archival description. The smallest (and therefore indivisible) archival unit is the item. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archival unit |
Broader term: | Information_Package |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Archive | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An organization that intends to preserve information for access and use by a Designated Community. |
Pref Label: | Archive |
Narrower term: | Archives |
Related term: | Archive_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Content_holder |
Archive_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To save digital data, documents, and records, typically those that are not current, offline. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Archive INTERPARES |
Related term: | Archive |
Archives | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [records] The whole of the documents made and received by a juridical or physical person or organization in the conduct of affairs, and preserved.Syn.: fonds. [Archives] n., [place] A place where records selected for permanent preservation are kept. [Archives] n., [institution] An agency or institution responsible for the preservation and communication of records selected for permanent preservation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archives |
Broader term: | Archive |
Archives_and_Recordkeeping_Context | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The “right, opportunity, [or] means of finding, using, or retrieving information”. (ISO 15489-2001, Part 1, 3.1) OR The availability of records / archives for consultation as a result of both legal authorisation and the existence of finding aids. (International Council on Archives, Dictionary of Archival Terminology) Source: Continuum IT Context: The ability and means to communicate with or otherwise interact with a system in order to use system resources to either handle information or gain knowledge of the information the system contains. Source: itef rfc2828 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Archives and Recordkeeping Context |
Related term: | Access |
Archivist | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A professional educated in archival science and/or responsible for the administration of archives. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Archivist |
Arranged_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Records of a creator that have been identified as to their provenance and relationships according to the concepts and principles of archival arrangement. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Arranged records |
Related term: | Aggregated_records |
Arrangement | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | See: archival arrangement [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Arrangement |
Related term: | Archival_arrangement |
ASCII | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “American standard code for information interchange.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | ASCII |
Assessments_of_authenticity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The determination of whether a document has all the formal elements that it was supposed to present when first made or received and set aside. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Assessments of authenticity |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Associated_Description | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The information describing the content of an Information Package from the point of view of a particular Access Aid. |
Pref Label: | Associated Description |
Related term: | Information_Package |
Attachment | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A document that, on its being physically connected to a record by an act, becomes part of that record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Attachment |
Attestation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the written validation of a record (by subscription, superscription or any identifying sign having such function) by those who took part in the issuing of it (author, writer, countersigner) and by witnesses to the action or to the signing of the record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Attestation |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Attributes | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] The characteristics that uniquely identify a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Attributes |
Related term: | Identifier |
Audiovisual | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., Of or relating to the use of sound and/or visual images to present information. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Audiovisual |
Related term: | Audiovisual_record |
Audiovisual_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record in pictorial and/or aural form, regardless of format. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Audiovisual record |
Related term: | Audiovisual |
Audit_trail | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Documentation of all the interactions with records within an electronic system in which any access to the system is recorded as it occurs. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Audit trail |
Related term: | Provenance |
Aural_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record which is a representation of words, music, or any other manifestation of sound that can only be perceived by hearing it. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Aural record |
Authentic_copy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A copy certified by an official authorized to execute such a function, so as to render it legally admissible in court. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Authentic copy |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Authentic_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that is what it purports to be and that is free from tampering or corruption. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authentic record |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Related term: | Authenticated_record |
Authenticate | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To declare, either orally, in writing, or by affixion of a seal, that an entity is what it purports to be, after having verified its identity. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Authenticate |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Authenticated_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record whose authenticity has been declared at a specific point in time by a juridical person entrusted with the authority to make such a declaration (e.g. public officer, notary, certification authority). [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Authenticated record |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Related term: | Authentic_record |
Authentication | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A declaration of a record’s authenticity at a specific point in time by a juridical person entrusted with the authority to make such a declaration (e.g., public officer, notary, certification authority). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authentication |
Narrower term: | Self-authenticating |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Authenticity | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The degree to which a person (or system) regards an object as what it is purported to be. Authenticity is judged on the basis of evidence. |
Pref Label: | Authenticity |
Narrower term: | Authenticity_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Authenticity_DPC |
Narrower term: | Authenticity_INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Accuracy |
Narrower term: | Authenticate |
Narrower term: | Authentication |
Narrower term: | Digital_Preservation_Context |
Narrower term: | Genuineness |
Related term: | Assessments_of_authenticity |
Related term: | Attestation |
Related term: | Authentic_copy |
Related term: | Authentic_record |
Related term: | Authenticated_record |
Related term: | Authenticity_requirement |
Related term: | Baseline_authenticity_requirements |
Related term: | Benchmark_authenticity_requirements |
Related term: | Certificate_of_authenticity |
Related term: | Correct |
Related term: | Corroboration |
Related term: | Digital_Signature |
Related term: | Digital_Signature_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Fixity |
Related term: | Fixity_Information |
Related term: | Preserver’s_certificates_of_authenticity |
Related term: | Presumption_of_authenticity |
Authenticity_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Digital Preservation Context: The extent to which one can be confident that digital material is what it purports to be. In the case of digital records, it refers to the trustworthiness of the digital record as a record. In the case of “born digital” and digitised materials, it refers to the fact that whatever is being cited is the same as it was when it was first created unless the accompanying metadata indicates any changes. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Authenticity ANZ |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Authenticity_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | The digital material is what it purports to be. In the case of electronic records, it refers to the trustworthiness of the electronic record as a record. In the case of “born digital” and digitised materials, it refers to the fact that whatever is being cited is the same as it was when it was first created unless the accompanying metadata indicates any changes. Confidence in the authenticity of digital materials over time is particularly crucial owing to the ease with which alterations can be made. |
Pref Label: | 0 |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Authenticity_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The trustworthiness of a record as a record; i.e., the quality of a record that is what it purports to be and that is free from tampering or corruption. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authenticity |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Authenticity_requirement | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The specification of the elements of form and context that need to be preserved in order to maintain the authenticity of a given type of electronic record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authenticity requirement |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Author | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The physical or juridical person having the authority and capacity to issue the record or in whose name or by whose command the record has been issued. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Author |
Broader term: | Producer |
Broader term: | Person |
Authorisation | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | IT context: The property of being genuine and able to be verified and be trusted. Source: itef rfc2828 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Authorisation |
Authoritative_copy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The instantiation of a record that is considered by the creator to be its official record and is usually subject to procedural controls that are not required for other instantiations. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authoritative copy |
Authoritative_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that is considered by the creator to be its official record and is usually subject to procedural controls that are not required for other copies. The identification of authoritative records corresponds to the designation of an office of primary responsibility as one of the components of a records retention schedule. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authoritative record |
Authoritative_version | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The version of a record that is considered by the creator to be its official record and is usually subject to procedural controls that are not required for other versions. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Authoritative version |
Authority | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The right or permission to act legally on another’s behalf; esp., the power of one person to affect another’s legal relations by acts done in accordance with the other’s manifestations of assent; the power delegated by a principal to an agent. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Authority |
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Back_up | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., To make a copy of a data file for the purpose of system recovery. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Back up |
Related term: | Backup |
Back-end_database | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A database that contains and manages data for an information system, distinct from the presentation or interface components of that system. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Back-end database |
Backup | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A copy of a data file made for the purpose of system recovery. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Backup |
Related term: | Back_up |
Backward_compatibility | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The ability of a software application or a system to share data or commands with older versions of itself, or sometimes other older applications or systems, particularly applications or systems it intends to supplant. Sometimes backward compatibility is limited to being able to read old data but does not extend to being able to write data in a format that can be read by old versions. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Backward compatibility |
Baseline_authenticity_requirements | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The minimum conditions necessary to enable the preserver to attest to the authenticity of copies of a creator’s digital records in the custody of the preserver. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Baseline authenticity requirements |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Basic_copy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A duplicate of a document saved in the file format in which it was originally created or in which it was last used and saved, thus making it more immediately accessible and human-readable in the creator’s usual desktop environment. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Basic copy |
Benchmark_authenticity_requirements | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The conditions that serve as a basis for the preserver’s assessment of the authenticity of a creator’s digital records during appraisal. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Benchmark authenticity requirements |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Best_practice | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., In the application of theory to real-life situations, a procedure that, when properly applied, consistently yields superior results and is therefore used as a reference point in evaluating the effectiveness of alternative methods of accomplishing the same task. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Best practice |
Binary_code | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A code made up of the digits 0 and 1, called bits, transmitted as a series of electrical pulses (0 bits at low voltage and 1 bits at higher voltage). [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Binary code |
Related term: | Bit |
Related term: | Binary_encoding |
Binary_encoding | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The process of converting data into electronic signals for computer storage and processing purposes. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Binary encoding |
Related term: | Binary_code |
Related term: | Byte-serialized_encoding |
Bit | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The smallest unit of data (represented by 0 or 1) that a computer can hold in its memory. Syn.: binary bit. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Bit |
Narrower term: | Parity_bit |
Related term: | Binary_code |
Related term: | Byte |
bitmap | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital representation composed of dots arranged in rows and columns, each represented by a single bit of data that determines the value of a pixel in a monochrome image on a computer screen. In a gray scale or color image, each dot is composed of a set of bits that determine the individual values of a group of pixels that in combination create the visual impression of a specific shade or hue. Also spelled “bit map.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | bitmap |
Bitstream | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Digital data encoded in an unstructured sequence of binary bits that are transmitted, stored or received as a unit. Also spelled “bit stream.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Bitstream |
Narrower term: | Bitstream_ANZ |
Related term: | Byte |
Related term: | Byte_stream |
Related term: | Data_stream |
Bitstream_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Recordkeeping context: An authentic record is one that can be proven: To be what it purports to be, to have been created or sent by the person purported to have created or sent it, and to have been created or sent at the time purported. Source: ISO 15489 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Bitstream ANZ |
Broader term: | Bitstream |
Born_Digital | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Relating to an object that is originally created in a digital format. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Born Digital |
Narrower term: | Born_Digital_DPC |
Born_Digital_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | Digital materials which are not intended to have an analogue equivalent, either as the originating source or as a result of conversion to analogue form.This term has been used in the handbook to differentiate them from 1) digital materials which have been created as a result of converting analogue originals; and 2) digital materials, which may have originated from a digital source but have been printed to paper, e.g. some electronic records.Source: DPC |
Pref Label: | Born Digital DPC |
Broader term: | Born_Digital |
Bounded_variability | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The changes to the form and/or content of a digital record that are limited and controlled by fixed rules, so that the same query, request or interaction always generates the same result. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Bounded variability |
Business_case | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | A business case captures the reasoning as well as the quantifiable and unquantifiable characteristics of a proposed project. The logic of the business case is that, whenever resources such as money or effort are consumed, they should be in support of a specific business need. Business cases are created to help decision-makers ensure that: – the proposed initiative will have value and relative priority compared to alternative initiatives – the organization has the capability to deliver the benefits – the organization’s dedicated resources are working on the highest value opportunities – projects with inter-dependencies are undertaken in the optimum sequence – the performance of initiatives is monitored objectively based on the objectives and expected benefits laid out in the business case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_case |
Pref Label: | Business_case |
Related term: | Business_process |
Related term: | Integrated_business_and_documentary_procedures |
Related term: | Business_plan |
Related term: | Customer_value_proposition |
Related term: | Economic_sustainability |
Business_Model | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value (economic, social, cultural, or other forms of value). The process of business model construction is part of business strategy; business models are used by managers inside companies to explore possibilities for future development. Whenever a business is established, “it either explicitly or implicitly employs a particular business model that describes the architecture of the value creation, delivery, and capture mechanisms employed by the business enterprise. The essence of a business model is that it defines the manner by which the business enterprise delivers value to customers, entices customers to pay for value, and converts those payments to profit: it thus reflects management’s hypothesis about what customers want, how they want it, and how an enterprise can organize to best meet those needs, get paid for doing so, and make a profit” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model – Teece, David J. Business Models, Business; Strategy and Innovation. Long Range Planning, vol 43; 2010-193. |
Pref Label: | Business Model |
Related term: | Business_process |
Related term: | Integrated_business_and_documentary_procedures |
Related term: | Business_plan |
Related term: | Customer_value_proposition |
Related term: | Economic_sustainability |
Business_plan | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons they are believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or team attempting to reach those goals . Set of documents prepared by a firm’s management to summarize its operational and financial objectives for the near future (usually one to three years) and to show how they will be achieved. It serves as a blueprint to guide the firm’s policies and strategies, and is continually modified as conditions change and new opportunities and/or threats emerge. When prepared for external audience (lenders, prospective investors) it details the past, present, and forecasted performance of the firm – Business Dictionary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_plan – http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/business-plan.html |
Pref Label: | Business process |
Related term: | Business_case |
Related term: | Business_Model |
Related term: | Customer_value_proposition |
Business_process | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A series of rules that governs the carrying out of a transaction. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Business plan |
Related term: | Business_case |
Related term: | Business_Model |
Byte | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An element in the machine data hierarchy larger than a bit and usually smaller than a word; now nearly always eight bits and the smallest addressable unit of digital storage. A byte typically holds one character. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Byte |
Related term: | Bitstream |
Related term: | Bit |
Related term: | Byte_stream |
Related term: | Byte-serialized_encoding |
Byte_stream | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A bitstream in which data (binary bits) are grouped into units called bytes. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Byte stream |
Related term: | Bitstream |
Related term: | Byte |
Byte-serialized_encoding | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of converting a digital object’s bitstream state to a byte stream state. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Byte-serialized encoding |
Related term: | Binary_encoding |
Related term: | Byte |
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Calling_convention | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., In computer application programming, the arrangement of arguments (i.e., values or references) for a procedure or function call. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Calling convention |
Capture | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To save a particular instantiation or state of a digital component or group of components. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Capture |
Captured_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A made or received digital document that is saved by the creator. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Captured document |
Cataloguing | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The intellectual process of describing objects in accordance with accepted library principles, particularly those of subject and classification order. Source: Working Group ANZ |
Pref Label: | Cataloguing |
Cd | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “compact disc.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cd |
Cen | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “Comité Européen de Normalisation” (European Committee for Standard-ization). [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cen |
Central_Processing_Unit | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (CPU) The hardware component of a computer that houses the circuitry for storing and processing data according to instructions contained in the programs installed on it. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | central processing unit |
Centralized_Naming_Authority | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | Identifier management for a range of authorities is centralised if all authorities manage their identifiers through a common identifier management system, hosted on their behalf by a central party. |
Pref Label: | Centralized Naming authority |
Broader term: | Naming_Authority |
Broader term: | Distributed_Naming_Authority |
Related term: | Identifier |
Certificate_of_authenticity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A declaration by the creator or preserver that one or more reproduced or reproducible digital records is authentic. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Certificate of authenticity |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Certification_Body | |
In scheme: | TDR |
Definition: | Third party that assesses and certifies the digital repository of a client organization. |
Pref Label: | Certification Body |
Related term: | Trustworthy_Digital_Repository |
Chain_of_preservation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A system of controls that extends over the entire lifecycle of records in order to ensure their identity and integrity over time. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Chain of preservation |
Character | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., One of a set of symbols, such as letters or numbers, that are arranged to express data and/or information. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Character |
Related term: | Character_set |
Character_set | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A group of symbols used in computing to print and display text electronically. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Character set |
Related term: | Character |
Checksum | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A computed value that is dependent upon the contents of a packet. Sent along with the packet when it is transmitted. The receiving system computes a new checksum based on data received, compares this value with the one sent with the packet. If the two values are the same, the receiver has a high degree of confidence that the data was received correctly. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Checksum |
Broader term: | Fixity_Information |
Chronological_date | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The date (and, possibly, the time of day) of a record, included in the record by its author, or by the electronic system on the author’s behalf, in the course of its compilation. Syn.: date of compilation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Chronological date |
Related term: | Date_of_compilation |
Ciphertext | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Text or other data in encrypted form; the product of plaintext after encryption. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Ciphertext |
Citability | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | An entity is cited if its representation is communicated to an audience through some medium. The entity is citable if it can be cited. For example, citing the identifier ((“Handle server 102.100.272”, “XYZ”), “PILIN policy on citation”) means coming up with an appropriate representation of the identifier (e.g. hdl:102.100.272/XYZ ), and embedding that representation in a PDF(PILIN). |
Pref Label: | Citability |
Class | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A group of documents or an identifiable sub-division of a series, record group or archive having common characteristics or the same archival value. Sometimes this term is used to mean series. Also referred to as disposal class. (KA, p.465) Source:Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Class |
Classification | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The systematic identification and arrangement of business activities and/or records into categories according to logically structured conventions, methods, and procedural rules represented in a classification system. (ISO 15489-2001, Part 1, 3.5) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Classification |
Related term: | Classification_code |
Related term: | Classification_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Classification_scheme |
Related term: | Classified_record |
Related term: | Classify |
Classification_code | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A series of alphabetical, numerical, or alphanumeric symbols used to identify the record in its documentary context. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Classification code |
Related term: | Classification |
Classification_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The systematic organization of records in groups or categories according to methods, procedures, or conventions represented in a plan or scheme. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Classification INTERPARES |
Related term: | Classification |
Classification_scheme | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A plan for the systematic identification and arrangement of business activities and records into categories according to logically structured conventions, methods and procedural rules. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Classification scheme |
Related term: | Classification |
Classified_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record, made or received by the creator, which has been given a classification code based on the classification scheme. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Classified record |
Related term: | Classification |
Classify | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To arrange systematically in groups or categories according to established criteria. [Arts] |
Pref Label: | Classify |
Related term: | Classification |
Clause | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] Any of several textual formulae found after or within the disposition of a document that ensure the execution of the act, avoid its violation, guarantee its validity, preserve the rights of third parties, attest the execution of the required formalities, or indicate the means employed to give the document probative value. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Clause |
Collection_Description | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A type of Package Description that is specialized to provide information about an Archival Information Collection for use by Access Aids. |
Pref Label: | Collection Description |
Narrower term: | Overview_Description |
Related term: | Unit_Description |
Common_Services | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The supporting services such as inter-process communication, name services, temporary storage allocation, exception handling, security, and directory services necessary to support the OAIS. |
Pref Label: | Common Services |
Compact_disc | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (CD) A type of single-sided, optical digital medium that is capable of storing approximately 700 megabytes of digital data on one continuous, microscopic, spiral track or groove that is cut and read by a laser beam. Its logical format specifications are governed by the ISO 9660 and 13490 standards. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Compact disc |
Compatibility | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The ability of different devices or systems (e.g., programs, file formats, protocols, even programming languages) to work together or exchange data without modification. |
Pref Label: | Compatibility |
Related term: | Interoperability |
Related term: | Interoperability_INTERPARES |
Competence | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A sphere of functional responsibility entrusted to a physical or juridical person. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Competence |
Related term: | Trustworthiness |
Related term: | Competent_person |
Competent_person | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The physical or juridical person given the authority and capacity to act within a specific sphere of responsibility. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Competent person |
Related term: | Competence |
Related term: | Person |
Compile | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To gather and put together pieces of existing data or information from various sources in an orderly, structured whole. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Compile |
Complete_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that contains all the elements required by the creator and the juridical system for it to be capable of generating consequences. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Complete record |
Completeness | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The characteristic of a record that refers to the presence within it of all the elements required by the creator and the juridical system for it to be capable of generating consequences. With primitiveness and effectiveness, a quality presented by an original record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Completeness |
Complex_Digital_Object | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A group of multiple digital entities that are managed and preserved as one or more groups. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Complex Digital Object |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Related term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Compliant | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., Ensuring that the requirements of laws, regulations, industry codes and organizational standards are met. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Compliant |
Complimentary_clause | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] A brief formula expressing respect, such as “sincerely yours” or “yours truly”. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Complimentary clause |
Component | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Uniquely identifiable input, part, piece, assembly or subassembly, system or subsystem, that (1) is required to complete or finish an activity, item, or job, (2) performs a distinctive and necessary function in the operation of a system, or (3) is intended to be included as a part of a finished, packaged, and labeled item. Components are usually removable in one piece and are considered indivisible for a particular purpose or use. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Component |
Compose | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To compile, formulate, generate or write the content of a document in an orderly, structured manner. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Compose |
Compression | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The (re)coding of digital data to save storage space or transmission time. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Compression |
Conceptual_Data_Model | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A data model that represents an abstract view of the real world. (ISO 11179-3) A higher-level data artefact that is often used to explore domain concepts with project stakeholders. Logical data models are often derived from conceptual data models. At this level, the data modeller attempts to identify the highest-level relationships among the different entities. (More: Conceptual, Logical and Physical Data Models). Source: NZFEAF-RM ANZ |
Pref Label: | Conceptual Data Model |
Conformed_copy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An exact copy of a document on which has been written explanations of things that could not or were not copied; e.g., written signature might be replaced on conformed copy with notation that it was signed by the person whose signature appears on the original. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Conformed copy |
Consumer | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The role played by those persons, or client systems, who interact with OAIS services to find preserved information of interest and to access that information in detail. This can include other OAISes, as well as internal OAIS persons or systems. |
Pref Label: | Consumer |
Related term: | Actor_Identifier |
Related term: | Actors |
Content | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The message contained in the body of a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Content |
Broader term: | Content_Information |
Content_Data_Object | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The Data Object, that together with associated Representation Information, comprises the Content Information. |
Pref Label: | Content Data Object |
Content_holder | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | The entity which owns the rights of digital or physical contents that have been assigned a PI to, only in some cases content holders and content providers can be the same, e.g. the author of a paper is the holder and the library collecting and exposing it on the Web is the content provider. Both content holders or content providers can ask for a PI to be assigned to a resource. |
Pref Label: | Content holder |
Related term: | Archive |
Content_Information | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A set of information that is the original target of preservation or that includes part or all of that information. It is an Information Object composed of its Content Data Object and its Representation Information. |
Pref Label: | Content Information |
Narrower term: | Content |
Content_provider | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | Within a PI domain who makes accessible a resource, content providers ask for PI services both for actors and for objects. They request PI for themselves to be identifiable in a unique way and request PI for their contents to make them referable and usable. In most of the cases they also make their content accessible to all the other users. |
Pref Label: | Content provider |
Related term: | Producer |
Context | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The framework in which a record is created, used, and maintained. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Context |
Broader term: | Context_ANZ |
Broader term: | Context_Information |
Context_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The knowledge necessary to sustain a record’s meaning or evidential value. Context describes the who, what, where and why of record creation and management. (SRNSW) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Context ANZ |
Narrower term: | Context |
Broader term: | Preservation_Description_Information |
Broader term: | Context_Information |
Context_Information | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The information that documents the relationships of the Content Information to its environment. This includes why the Content Information was created and how it relates to other Content Information objects. |
Pref Label: | Context Information |
Narrower term: | Context |
Narrower term: | Context_ANZ |
Broader term: | Preservation_Description_Information |
Controlling_agency | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The agency exercising administrative control (1) over archival documents. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Controlling agency |
Controlling_Organisation | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The organisation that controls the record, including any successor to the organisation that created or maintained the record. Source: Disposal Standard ANZ |
Pref Label: | Controlling Organisation |
Related term: | Administration_Functional_Entity |
Conversion | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The process of changing records from one medium to another or from one format to another. (ISO 15489-2001, Part 1, 3.7) Conversion may also be used as part of a preservation strategy. Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Conversion |
Narrower term: | Conversion_INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Digital_Migration |
Broader term: | Transformation |
Conversion_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of transforming a digital document or other digital object from one format, or format version, to another one. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Conversion INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Conversion |
Broader term: | Digital_Migration |
Broader term: | Transformation |
Conversion_of_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The process of converting records in the usual and ordinary course of business (otherwise the activity is not conversion but creation) for purposes of security, disaster prevention, conservation, overcoming technology obsolescence, ensuring compatibility with a different hardware or software configuration or generation, or compacting the information, while leaving intact their intellectual form. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Conversion of records |
Co-operating_Archives | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Those Archives that have Designated Communities with related interests. They may order and ingest data from each other.At a minimum, Co-operating Archives must agree to support at least one common Submission Information Package (SIP) and Dissemination Information Package (DIP) for inter-Archive requests. |
Pref Label: | Co-operating Archives |
Copy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The duplicate of an object, resulting from a reproduction process. Syn.: duplicate. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Copy |
Related term: | Duplicate |
Copy_in_form_of_original | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A copy identical to the original and having the same effects, but generated subsequently. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Copy in form of original |
Copy_of_outgoing_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The reproduction of a document sent to an external juridical or physical person, which is simultaneously set aside as a record by the creator, usually in a recordkeeping system. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Copy of outgoing document |
Corporate_body | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An organization or group of persons created by statute that is identified by a particular name and that acts as a legal entity. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Corporate body |
Correct | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., [diplomatics] The state of a record whose content and form fulfill the requirements set by the creator and the juridical system for the record to reach the consequences or produce the effects for which it was intended. With pertinent, precise and truthful, a component of accuracy. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Correct |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Corroboration | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises an explicit statement of the means used to validate a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Corroboration |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Corruption | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A change in the form, content or attributes of a record such that the record one is accessing can no longer be considered the one that it purports to be. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Corruption |
Countersigner | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The person who, by signing a record, assumes responsibility for the regularity of the procedure generating it and for its forms. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Countersigner |
Cpu | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | Initialism for “central processing unit.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cpu |
Created_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A made or received document declared a record and set aside for action or reference, usually in a recordkeeping system. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Created record |
Broader term: | Record |
Creation_procedure | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The procedure governing the formation of the record and/or its participation in the act. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Creation procedure |
Creator | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The person or agency which creates, receives and accumulates or otherwise brings into existence documents and records. (KA, p.466) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Creator |
Broader term: | Producer |
Related term: | Records_creator |
Cross-platform | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The capability of software or hardware to run identically on different platforms; facilitated by the adoption of open-standard products and formats. Syn.: platform-independent; platform-neutral. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cross-platform |
Broader term: | Interoperability |
Crosswalk | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A chart or table that represents the semantic mapping of fields or data elements in one metadata standard to fields or data elements in another standard that has a similar function or meaning. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Crosswalk |
Cryptographic_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Any computer system that involves cryptography. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cryptographic system |
Related term: | Cryptography |
Cryptography | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The practice and study of protecting information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called ciphertext. Only those who possess a secret (private) key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plaintext. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cryptography |
Related term: | Cryptographic_system |
Related term: | Cryptosystem |
Cryptosystem | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Shorthand for “cryptographic system.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Cryptosystem |
Related term: | Cryptography |
Current_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: active record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Current record |
Broader term: | Record |
Related term: | Active_record |
Custodian | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A person or institution that has charge or custody (of a child, property, papers, or other valuables). [Government] |
Pref Label: | Custodian |
Related term: | Person |
Related term: | Custody |
Related term: | Custody_ANZ |
Custody | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The basic responsibility for guardianship of records/archives based upon their physical possession but not necessarily implying legal title. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Custody |
Narrower term: | Custody_ANZ |
Related term: | Custodian |
Custody_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The physical management of records or archives. Custody refers to where and with whom records are stored. It does not necessarily include legal ownership. (AAHA, p.111) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Custody ANZ |
Broader term: | Custody |
Related term: | Custodian |
Customer_value_proposition | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | Customer Value Proposition : consists of the sum total of benefits which a vendor promises a customer will receive in return for the customer’s associated payment (or other value-transfer).It is a clearly defined statement that is designed to convince customers that one particular product or service will add more value or better solve a problem than others in its competitive set |
Pref Label: | Customer vaue proposition |
Related term: | Business_model |
Related term: | Business_plan |
Related term: | Business_case |
Related term: | Economic_sustainability |
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DAT | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “digital audio tape.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | DAT |
Data | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A reinterpretable representation of information in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing. Examples of data include a sequence of bits, a table of numbers, the characters on a page, the recording of sounds made by a person speaking, or a moon rock specimen. |
Pref Label: | Data |
Narrower term: | Data_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Dataset |
Narrower term: | Data_INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Data_Object |
Related term: | Data_element |
Data_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Information in a specific physical representation, usually a sequence of symbols that have meaning; especially a representation of information that can be processed or produced by a computer. Source: itef rfc2828 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Data ANZ |
Broader term: | Data |
Related term: | Data_INTERPARES |
Data_Dictionary | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A formal repository of terms used to describe data. |
Pref Label: | Data Dictionary |
Data_Dissemination_Session | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A delivery of media or a single telecommunications session that provides Data to a Consumer. The Data Dissemination Session format/contents is based on a data model negotiated between the OAIS and the Consumer in the request agreement. This data model identifies the logical constructs used by the OAIS and how they are represented on each media delivery or in the telecommunication session. |
Pref Label: | Data Dissemination Session |
Data_element | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A discrete component of data. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Data element |
Related term: | Data |
Data_format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The organization of data within files, usually designed to facilitate the storage, retrieval, processing, presentation, or transmission of the data by software. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data format |
Broader term: | Structure_Information |
Related term: | Representation_Information |
Data_grid | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The registration of digital entities into a logical name space. Manipulations of registered material can then be automated through any standard computer application programming interface (API). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Data grid |
Data_hierarchy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The system of data objects which provide the methods for information storage and retrieval. Broadly, a data hierarchy may be considered to be either natural or machine. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data hierarchy |
Data_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The smallest meaningful units of information. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Data INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Data |
Related term: | Data_ANZ |
Data_Management_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Principles, processes and systems for the sharing and management of data. (CMMI V1.1) Source: NZFEAF-RM ANZ |
Pref Label: | Data Management ANZ |
Broader term: | Data_Management_Functional_Entity |
Data_Management_Data | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The data created and stored in Data Management persistent storage that refer to operation of an Archive. Some examples of this data are accounting data for Consumer billing and authorization, policy data, Event Based Order (subscription) data for repeating requests, preservation process history data, and statistical data for generating reports to Archive management. |
Pref Label: | Data Management Data |
Data_Management_Functional_Entity | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The OAIS functional entity that contains the services and functions for populating, maintaining, and accessing a wide variety of information. Some examples of this information are catalogs and inventories on what may be retrieved from Archival Storage, processing algorithms that may be run on retrieved data, Consumer access statistics, Consumer billing, Event Based Orders, security controls, and OAIS schedules, policies, and procedures. |
Pref Label: | Data Management Functional Entity |
Narrower term: | Data_Management_ANZ |
Data_model | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The product of the database design process which aims to identify and organize the required data logically and physically. A data model says what information is to be contained in a database, how the information will be used, and how the items in the database will be related to each other. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data model |
Data_Object | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Either a Physical Object or a Digital Object. |
Pref Label: | Data Object |
Narrower term: | File |
Narrower term: | Analogue_object |
Narrower term: | Analogue_record |
Narrower term: | Data |
Narrower term: | File_INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Physical_Object |
Broader term: | Object |
Data_processing | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The systematic performance of a single operation or sequence of operations by one or more central processing units on data converted to machine-readable format to achieve the result for which the computer program that controls the processing was written. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data processing |
Data_restoration | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of recovering data or records as bits from a failed, damaged, degraded or obsolete digital medium, followed by steps to restore the intelligibility of the recovered data or records.Syn.: digital archaeology. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data restoration |
Related term: | Digital_archaeology |
Data_storage_device | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Data storage device means any article or device (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device. Source: Electronic Transactions Act 2002 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Data storage device |
Data_stream | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A sequence of digitally encoded signals used to represent information in transmission. Also spelled “datastream.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data stream |
Related term: | Bitstream |
Data_Submission_Session | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A delivery of media or a single telecommunications session that provides Data to an OAIS. The Data Submission Session format/contents is based on a data model negotiated between the OAIS and the Producer in the Submission Agreement. This data model identifies the logical constructs used by the Producer and how they are represented on each media delivery or in the telecommunication session. |
Pref Label: | Data Submission Session |
Data_Type | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The representation of information according to preset specifications (e.g., plaintext files, HTML, TIFF, etc.). [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Data Type |
Broader term: | Representation_Information |
Database | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A collection of data items and links between them, structured in a way that allows it to be accessed, manipulated and extracted by a number of different applications programs or query languages. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Database |
Dataset | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A collection of data, usually presented in tabular form. Source: ANZ |
Pref Label: | Dataset |
Broader term: | Data |
Date_of_compilation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | See: chronological date. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Date of compilation |
Related term: | Chronological_date |
Date_of_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The particular place (topical date) and/or time (chronological date) of the compilation and/or issuing of recorded information (the document). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Date of document |
Date_of_receipt | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The date the record is received by the agency to which it was sent. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Date of receipt |
Date_of_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The date assigned to it by the author. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Date of record |
Related term: | Record |
Date_of_transmission | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The date the record leaves the space in which it was generated. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Date of transmission |
De_facto_standard | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A standard not issued by any official standards-setting body, but nevertheless widely used and recognized by its users as a standard. [Government] |
Pref Label: | De facto standard |
De_jure_standard | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A standard issued by an official standards-setting body, whether national (e.g., ANSI), multi-national (e.g., CEN) or international (e.g., ISO). [Government] |
Pref Label: | De jure standard |
Deaccession | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The process of removing material from the care and custody of an archives, either because the material has been reappraised and found to be unsuitable for the archives’ holdings, or because the legal owner has requested its return, or because it has been agreed to transfer it to another archives. Deaccessioning is a serious matter which requires careful consideration and documentation. (KA, p.466) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Deaccession |
Declared_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An identified document, made or received by the creator, which has been classified and registered. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Declared record |
Decompression | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., Returning a compressed image or compressed data to its uncompressed form. Some compression methods lose information so that the uncompressed image or data is not equivalent to the original. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Decompression |
Degree_of_perfection | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The completeness, primitiveness and effectiveness (enforceability) of a record. The three degrees of perfection for a record are draft, original and copy. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Degree of perfection |
Deposit | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | An addition to the holdings or collection of an archives. A deposit is usually a transfer of material but may also be a donation or a loan for either a short-term or indefinite period. (KA, p.467) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Deposit |
Derived_AIP | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An AIP generated by extracting or aggregating information from one or more source AIPs. |
Pref Label: | Derived AIP |
Described_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Arranged records for which information about their nature, make-up and contexts (juridical-administrative, provenancial, procedural, documentary and technological) are recorded to facilitate administrative and intellectual control. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Described records |
Description | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The process of recording information about the nature and content of the records in archival custody. The description identifies such features as provenance, arrangement, format and contents, and presents them in a standardised form. (KA, p.467) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Description |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Broader term: | Descriptive_Information |
Description_of_action_or_matter | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Presentation of the ideal motivation (preamble) and the concrete reason (exposition) for the action as well as the action or matter itself (disposition) as expressed in the content of the record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Description of action or matter |
Descriptive_Information | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The set of information, consisting primarily of Package Descriptions, which is provided to Data Management to support the finding, ordering, and retrieving of OAIS information holdings by Consumers. |
Pref Label: | Descriptive Information |
Narrower term: | Keyword |
Narrower term: | Description |
Narrower term: | Descriptive_instrument |
Descriptive_instrument | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A tool prepared in the course of archival description and indexing of records for the purposes of administrative and intellectual control. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Descriptive instrument |
Broader term: | Descriptive_Information |
Designated_Community | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An identified group of potential Consumers who should be able to understand a particular set of information. The Designated Community may be composed of multiple user communities. A Designated Community is defined by the Archive and this definition may change over time. |
Pref Label: | Designated Community |
Related term: | Knowledge_Base |
Related term: | Knowledge_Base |
Designated_records_preserver | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The entity responsible for taking physical and legal custody of and preserving (i.e., protecting and ensuring continuous access to) authentic copies of a creator’s inactive records. The role of the designated records preserver should be that of a trusted custodian for a creator’s records.Syn.: designated preserver; preserver. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Designated records preserver |
Destruction | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The physical disposal of records of no further value, for example by incineration, shredding or pulping [or deleting from an electronic system]. (KA, p.467) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Destruction |
Digital | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., The representation of an object or physical process through discrete, binary values. In contrast to an analogue representation of an object or physical process, a digitally-encoded representation does not resemble the original. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital |
Digital_archaeology | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: data restoration [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital archaeology |
Related term: | Data_restoration |
Digital_Archive | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A repository for the long-term maintenance of digital resources and making them available. Source: Working Group ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Archive |
Broader term: | Open_Archival_Information_System |
Related term: | Digital_Archiving |
Digital_Archiving | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | This term is used very differently within sectors.The library and archiving communities often use it interchangeably with digital preservation. Computing professionals tend to use digital archiving to mean the process of backup and ongoing maintenance as opposed to strategies for long-term digital preservation. It is this latter richer definition, as defined under digital preservation which has been used throughout this handbook. Source: DPC |
Pref Label: | Digital Archiving |
Related term: | Open_Archival_Information_System |
Related term: | Digital_Archive |
Digital_audio_tape | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (DAT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 4 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using helical scan recording. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital audio tape |
Digital_component | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital object that is part of one or more digital documents, and the metadata necessary to order, structure or manifest its content and form, requiring a given preservation action. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Digital component |
Digital_Continuity | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The ability to ensure digital information is accessible and usable by those that need it for as long as it is needed. Source: Digital Continuity Action Plan: ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Continuity |
Broader term: | Long_Term_Preservation |
Digital_Data | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The smallest meaningful units of information, expressed as binary bits that are digitally encoded and affixed to a digital medium. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital Data |
Narrower term: | Digital_document |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Digital_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital component, or group of digital components, that is saved and is treated and managed as a document. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Digital document |
Broader term: | Digital_Data |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Digital_encoding | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The use of discrete numeric values (such as the binary values 0 and 1) rather than a continuous spectrum of values (such as those generated by an analogue system). [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital encoding |
Digital_Entity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A real or abstract digital construct. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Digital Entity |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Digital_format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The byte-serialized encoding of a digital object that defines the syntactic and semantic rules for the mapping from an information model to a byte stream and the inverse mapping from that byte stream back to the original information model. In most contexts, digital format is used interchangeably with digital file-related concepts such as file format, file wrapper, file encoding, etc. However, there are some contexts, “such as the network transport of formatted content streams or consideration of content streams at a level of granularity finer than that of an entire file, where specific reference to “file” is inappropriate.”Syn.: digital presentation. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital format |
Broader term: | Structure_Information |
Related term: | Digital_presentation |
Digital_linear_tape | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (DLT) A type of magnetic digital medium that can store up to 35 gigabytes of digital data per cassette by using longitudinal recording. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital linear tape |
Broader term: | Digital_Medium |
Digital_Materials | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A broad term encompassing digital surrogates created as a result of converting analogue materials to digital form (digitisation), and “born digital” for which there has never been and is never intended to be an analogue equivalent, and digital records. |
Pref Label: | Digital Materials |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Related term: | Digital_Resources |
Digital_medium | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Physical material, such as a CD, DVD, DAT or hard disk, used for storage of digital data. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital medium |
Narrower term: | Digital_linear_tape |
Narrower term: | DLT |
Narrower term: | Hard_disk |
Narrower term: | Optical_disk |
Digital_Migration | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The transfer of digital information, while intending to preserve it, within the OAIS. It is distinguished from transfers in general by three attributes: /a focus on the preservation of the full information content that needs preservation;/a perspective that the new archival implementation of the information is a replacement for the old; and /an understanding that full control and responsibility over all aspects of the transfer resides with the OAIS. |
Pref Label: | Digital Migration |
Narrower term: | Conversion |
Narrower term: | Migration_DPC |
Narrower term: | Reformatting |
Narrower term: | Refreshment |
Narrower term: | Repackaging |
Narrower term: | Replication |
Narrower term: | Transformation |
Narrower term: | Transformation_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Migration |
Narrower term: | Conversion_INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Migration_ANZ |
Related term: | Transformational_Information_Property |
Related term: | Non-Reversible_Transformation |
Related term: | Reversible_Transformation |
Related term: | Transformative_migration |
Related term: | Transformational_Information_Property |
Digital_Object | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An object composed of a set of bit sequences. |
Pref Label: | Digital Object |
Narrower term: | Complex_Digital_Object |
Narrower term: | Digital_Materials |
Narrower term: | Digital_Object_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Digital_Publications |
Narrower term: | Digital_Records |
Narrower term: | Digital_Resources |
Narrower term: | Digital_Data |
Narrower term: | Digital_document |
Narrower term: | Digital_Entity |
Digital_Object_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Digital objects are units of content managed by a digital archive. Digital objects have as one of their attributes an Identifier. They can be seen to be the atomic level of content. Smaller units can be contained within them, but the repository manages the digital object in a singular fashion. ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Object ANZ |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Digital_Object_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A discrete aggregation of one or more bitstreams and the metadata about the properties of the object and, if applicable, methods of performing operations on the object. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Digital object INTERPARES |
Digital_presentation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: digital format [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital presentation |
Related term: | Digital_format |
Digital_preservation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., The specific process of maintaining digital materials during and across different generations of technology over time, irrespective where they reside. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital preservation |
Narrower term: | Records_Preservation |
Broader term: | Long_Term_Preservation |
Digital_Preservation_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Principles, practices, methods, strategies and managed activities that ensure long term preservation for continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary. Source: NDHA derived from Digital Preservation Coalition |
Pref Label: | Digital Preservation ANZ |
Broader term: | Long_Term_Preservation |
Digital_Preservation_Context | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The extent to which one can be confident that digital material is what it purports to be. In the case of digital records, it refers to the trustworthiness of the digital record as a record. In the case of “born digital” and digitised materials, it refers to the fact that whatever is being cited is the same as it was when it was first created unless the accompanying metadata indicates any changes. Source: NDHA ANZ/ IT context: The property of being genuine and able to be verified and be trusted. Source: itef rfc2828 ANZ/Recordkeeping context: An authentic record is one that can be proven: To be what it purports to be, to have been created or sent by the person purported to have created or sent it, and to have been created or sent at the time purported. Source: ISO 15489 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Preservation Context |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Digital_Preservation_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | Refers to the series of managed activities necessary to ensure continued access to digital materials for as long as necessary. Digital preservation is defined very broadly for the purposes of this study and refers to all of the actions required to maintain access to digital materials beyond the limits of media failure or technological change.Those materials may be records created during the day-to-day business of an organisation;”born-digital” materials created for a specific purpose (e.g. teaching resources); or the products of digitisation projects.This handbook specifically excludes the potential use of digital technology to preserve the original artefacts through digitisation. See also Digitisation definition below. |
Pref Label: | # |
Broader term: | Long_Term_Preservation |
Digital_Publications | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | Born digital objects which have been released for public access and either made available or distributed free of charge or for a fee. They may consist of networked publications, available over a communications network or physical forat publications which are distributed on formats such as floppy or optical disks.They may also be either static or dynamic. |
Pref Label: | Digital Publications |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Digital_Record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital document that is treated and managed as a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Digital record |
Digital_Records | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A record that been created in a digital form. ANZ See Electronic Records |
Pref Label: | Digital Records |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Related term: | Electronic_records_ANZ |
Digital_Resources | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | See Digital Materials |
Pref Label: | Digital Resources |
Broader term: | Digital_Object |
Related term: | Digital_Materials |
Digital_Rights | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | Digital Rights are associated to a digital manifestation of an intellectual work. They refers to the ‘rights’ associated with accessing, using, creating and publishing digital content. The rights can relate to usage permissions as well as access preferences or limitations imposed upon digital content. Thus, they define in which way, and by whom, the content of the work can be used. SOURCE: APARSEN D31.1 |
Pref Label: | Digital Rights |
Related term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Digital_Rights_Management |
Digital_Rights_Management | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | DRM involves the description, layering, analysis, valuation, trading and monitoring of the rights over an enterprise’s tangible and intangible assets. DRM covers the digital management of rights – be they rights in a physical manifestation of a work (eg a book), or be they rights in a digital manifestation of a work (eg an ebook). Source: Iannella, R. (2002). Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Version 1.1. http://www.w3.org/TR/odrl/ |
Pref Label: | DRM |
Related term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Digital_Rights_Management_ANZ |
Related term: | Digital_Rights |
Digital_Rights_Management_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | An umbrella term referring to any of several technical methods used to control or restrict the use of digital content. Source: NZFEAF-RM ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Rights Management ANZ |
Related term: | Access_Rights_Information |
Related term: | Digital_Rights_Management |
Digital_Signature | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A value computed with a cryptographic algorithm and appended to a data object in such a way that any recipient of the data can use the signature to verify the data’s origin and integrity. Source: itef rfc2828 ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Signature |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Related term: | Digital_Signature_INTERPARES |
Digital_Signature_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An electronic signature based on public key cryptography. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Digital Signature INTERPARES |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Related term: | Digital_Signature |
Digital_Surrogate | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Objects that are created as the result of converting analogue material to digital form. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digital Surrogate |
Digital_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Any system handling binary data, as opposed to an analogue system. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital system |
Digital_timestamp | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A binary code attached to a record indicating the time that an event occurred, such as creation, receipt, reading, modification or deletion. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital timestamp |
Digital_videodisc | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (DVD) A type of single- or double-sided, optical digital medium that is capable of storing from 4.7 to 8.5 gigabytes of digital data on two continuous, microscopic, spiral tracks or grooves that are cut and read by a laser beam. Its logical format specifications are governed by the Universal Disk Format (UDF) specification.Syn.: digital versatile disc. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Digital videodisc |
Digitisation | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The process of converting analogue/physical object into a digital format. Source: derived from NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Digitisation |
Narrower term: | Digitisation_DPC |
Digitisation_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | The process of creating digital files by scanning or otherwise converting analogue materials.The resulting digital copy, or digital surrogate, would then be classed as digital material and then subject to the same broad challenges involved in preserving access to it, as “born digital” materials. |
Pref Label: | Digitisation DPC |
Broader term: | Digitisation |
Diplomatics | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The discipline which studies the genesis, forms and transmission of archival documents, and their relationship with the facts represented in them and with their creator, in order to identify, evaluate, and communicate their true nature. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Diplomatics |
Directive | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An order or instruction, especially one issued by an agency, corporate body, organization or other central authority. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Directive |
Disposal | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The range of processes associated with implementing records retention, destruction or transfer decisions which are documented in a disposal authority. Section 4 of the Public Records Act 2005 outlines the possible types of disposal as: the transfer of control of a record; or the sale, alteration, destruction, or discharge of a record. Source: Disposal Standard ANZ |
Pref Label: | Disposal |
Disposal_Schedule | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A systematic listing of records created by an organisation or agency which plans the life of these records from the time of their creation to their disposal. A disposal schedule is a continuing authority for implementing decisions on the value of records specified in the schedule. A disposal schedule lists: the records created by the agency; the retention period for each series or class of records. the disposal sentence for each series or class of records, specifying whether the records are to be retained as archives or destroyed; the custody arrangements for each series or class of records, specifying when the records are to be transferred to intermediate storage and/or to archives; General disposal schedules cover functions common to a number of agencies, typically used by government archival authorities to cover functional areas such as Personnel, Finance and Stores. A recent development in appraisal methodology is the view that functional analysis is more efficient than records analysis in producing records schedules. The resultant disposal schedules are based on function or activity within function, either across a range of related organisations or to provide a specific disposal schedule for a particular agency. (KA, p.468) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Disposal Schedule |
Disposition | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the core of the text of a document narrating the expression of the will of the author and the action of the record. [Archives]. n., Your blog does not currently have any published posts. Records’ final destruction or transfer to an archives as determined by their appraisal. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Disposition |
Dispositive | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., (of a document) constituting a juridical act. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Dispositive |
Dispositive_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A retrospective record whose purpose is to put into existence an act, the effects of which are determined by the writing itself; that is, the written form of the record is the essence and substance of the act. With enabling, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Dispositive record |
Dissemination_Information_Package | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An Information Package, derived from one or more AIPs, and sent by Archives to the Consumer in response to a request to the OAIS. |
Pref Label: | Dissemination Information Package |
Distributed_Naming_Authority | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | In a decentralized identifier management system, there is no single centralized authority that assigns and manages the naming service on behalf of all the parties. Instead each party, also called a peer, make a local autonomous management according to a minimum shared rules. Peers directly interact with each other and share information or provide service to other peers. |
Pref Label: | Distributed Naming Authority |
Narrower term: | Centralized_Naming_authority |
Broader term: | Naming_authority |
DLT | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “digital linear tape.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | DLT |
Broader term: | Digital_Medium |
Document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An indivisible unit of information constituted by a message affixed to a medium (recorded) in a stable syntactic manner. A document has fixed form and stable content. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Document |
Document_type_definition | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (DTD) A formal specification that contains or points to the syntactic rules according to which an SGML-compliant document can be composed. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Document type definition |
Documentary_context | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The archival fonds to which a record belongs, and its internal structure. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Documentary context |
Documentary_form | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The rules of representation according to which the content of a record, its administrative and documentary context, and its authority are communicated. Documentary form possesses both extrinsic and intrinsic elements.Syn.: documentary presentation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Documentary form |
Related term: | Documentary_presentation |
Documentary_presentation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: documentary form [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Documentary presentation |
Related term: | Documentary_form |
Documentary_procedure | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The body of rules governing the making of an archival document. The more standardized and rigorous the procedure, the more reliable the record is presumed to be. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | documentary procedure |
Documentation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., All material that serves primarily to describe a system and make it more readily understandable, rather than to contribute in some way to the actual operation of the system. Documentation is frequently classified according to purpose; thus for a given system there may be requirements documents, design documents, and so on. In contrast to documentation oriented toward development and maintenance of the system, user documentation describes those aspects of the system that are of interest to end-users. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Documentation |
Broader term: | Representation_Information |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Documentation_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Recorded information regardless of medium or form. The smallest complete unit of record material, e.g. a letter, photograph, report. (KA, p.468) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Documentation ANZ |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Documentation_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | The information provided by a creator and the repository which provides enough information to establish provenance, history and context and to enable its use by others. See also Metadata. “At a minimum, documentation should provide information about a data collection’s contents, provenance and structure, and the terms and conditions that apply to its use. It needs to be sufficiently detailed to allow the data creator to use the material in the future, when the data creation process has started to fade from memory. It also needs to be comprehensive enough to enable others to explore the resource fully, and detailed enough to allow someone who has not been involved in the data creation process to understand the data collection and the process by which it was created.” (History Data Service) |
Pref Label: | Documentation DPC |
Dossier | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The aggregation of all the records that participate in the same affair or relate to the same event, person, place, project, or other subject.Syn.: file. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Dossier |
Draft | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record made for purposes of correction. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Draft |
DTD | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “document type definition.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | DTD |
Dublin_Core | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Dublin Core is a 15-element metadata element set intended to facilitate discovery of electronic resources. Dublin Core can also refer to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative as an organization, or the wider set of properties and vocabularies maintained by DCMI. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Dublin Core |
Duplicate | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | See: copy |
Pref Label: | Duplicate |
Related term: | Copy |
Durable_encoding | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The encoding of digital documents or other digital objects to conform to well-known data processing standards down to the level of encoding bits as ASCII or Unicode UTF-8, and objects as XML. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Durable encoding |
DVD | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | Initialism for “digital videodisc” or “digital versatile disc.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | DVD |
Dynamic_computing | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Flexible and adaptable approaches to tailoring computing resources to demands. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Dynamic computing |
Dynamic_random-access_memory | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (DRAM) A type of semiconductor memory in which the information is stored in capacitors on a metal oxide semiconductor integrated circuit. Due to leakage the capacitor discharges gradually and the memory cell loses the information. Therefore, to preserve the information, the memory has to be refreshed periodically. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | DRAM |
Alt Label: | DRAM |
Dynamic_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record the content of which is dependent upon data that might have variable instantiations and be held in databases and spreadsheets internal or external to the system in which the record is generated. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Dynamic record |
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Economic_sustainability | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | The use of various strategies for employing existing resources optimally so that that a responsible and beneficial balance can be achieved over the longer term. Within a business context, economic sustainability involves using the assorted assets of the company efficiently to allow it to continue functioning profitability over time – Business Dictionary: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/econoMic-sustainability.html |
Pref Label: | Economic sustainability |
Related term: | Business_case |
Related term: | Business_model |
Related term: | Customer_value_proposition |
Effective_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record capable of reaching the consequences or producing the effects for which it was intended. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | effective record |
Effectiveness | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., The characteristic of a record that refers to the presence within it of all the elements required by the creator and the juridical system for it to be capable of reaching the consequences or producing the effects for which it was intended. With completeness and primitiveness, a quality presented by an original record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Effectiveness |
E-government | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The use of information technologies, especially the Internet to improve government services for and interactions with citizens (G2C) , businesses and industry (G2B), and different division of government (G2G) by simplifying processes, and by integrating and eliminating redundant systems. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | E-government |
Electroacoustic_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An aural record generated by an electronic device. [Arts] |
Pref Label: | Electroacoustic record |
Electroacoustics | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A science that deals with transformation of sound energy into electric energy and vice versa. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Electroacoustics |
Electronic | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Device or technology associated with or employing low voltage current and solid state integrated circuits or components, usually for transmission and/or processing of analogue or digital data. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Electronic |
Electronic_address | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A location of data, usually in main memory or on a disk. You can think of computer memory as an array of storage boxes, each of which is one byte in length. Each box has an address (a unique number) assigned to it. By specifying a memory address, programmers can access a particular byte of data. Disks are divided into tracks and sectors, each of which has a unique address. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Electronic address |
Broader term: | Address |
Electronic_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An analogue or digital record that is carried by an electrical conductor and requires the use of electronic equipment to be intelligible by a person. |
Pref Label: | Electronic record |
Electronic_Records | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | Records created digitally in the day-to-day business of the organisation and assigned formal status by the organisation.They may include for example, word processing documents, emails, databases, or intranet web pages. |
Pref Label: | Electronic Records |
Related term: | Electronic_Records_ANZ |
Electronic_Records_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Records capable of being processed in a computer system and/or stored at any instant in a medium which requires electronic or computer equipment to retrieve them. (KA, p.469) Includes the digitised form of paper records. Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Electronic Records ANZ |
Related term: | Electronic_Records |
Related term: | Digital_Records |
Electronic_seal | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A means of authenticating a record and its author or a means of protecting the confidentiality of the record by ensuring that the record is only opened by the intended addressee. It is a distinct type of electronic signature. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Electronic seal |
Electronic_signature | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital mark that has the function of a signature in, is attached to, or is logically associated with a record, and is used by a signatory to take responsibility for, or to give consent to, the content of the record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Electronic signature |
Electronic_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [Electronic Records System] Any information system that produces, processes, or stores records by using a computer. Often called an automated information system. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Electronic system |
Element | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A fundamental, essential, or irreducible constituent of a composite entity. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Element |
Related term: | Element_of_form |
Related term: | Element_set |
Element_of_form | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A constituent part of the record’s documentary form, visible on the face of the record. It may be either extrinsic, like a seal, or intrinsic, like a subscription. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Element of form |
Related term: | Element |
Element_set | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Collections of elements that have at least one characteristic in common. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Element set |
Related term: | Element |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An abbreviation of electronic mail, an Internet protocol that allows computer users to exchange messages and data files in real time with other users, locally and across networks. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | |
E-mail_attachment | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A file that is linked to and is transmitted along with an e-mail message. The attached file can be of any type. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | E-mail attachment |
Emulation | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A means of overcoming technological obsolescence of hardware and software by developing techniques for imitating obsolete systems on future generations of computers. |
Pref Label: | Emulation |
Narrower term: | Emulation_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Emulation_INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Other_Representation_Information |
Emulation_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Emulation occurs when a system or a program performs in the same way as another system or program. This makes one system functionally indistinguishable from another, e.g. entering, viewing and retrieving data has the same result in both systems. Often the subject for emulation is a popular but superceded computer. Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Emulation ANZ |
Broader term: | Emulation |
Emulation_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The reproduction of the behaviour and results of obsolete software or systems through the development of new hardware and/or software to allow execution of the old software or systems on future computers.Syn.: preservation emulation. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Emulation INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Emulation |
Broader term: | Other_Representation_Information |
Enabling_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A prospective record encoded in machine language that is actively involved in carrying out an action or process. With dispositive, instructive, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Enabling record |
Encapsulation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of binding together a digital document or other digital object and the means of providing access to it, normally in a wrapper that describes what it is in a way that can be understood by a wide range of technologies (such as an XML document). [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Encapsulation |
Encoding | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The representation of symbols in some alphabet by symbols or strings of symbols in some other alphabet. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Encoding |
Encryption | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The conversion of data into a secret code (or of plaintext into ciphertext) for transmission over a public network. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Encryption |
Entitling | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the name, title, capacity and address of the physical or juridical person issuing the document, or of which the author of the document is an agent. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Entitling |
Entity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A real or abstract thing. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Entity |
Related term: | Entity_type |
Entity_type | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The kind of entity identified or described in or addressed by a metadata schema; for example, fonds, records, agents, recordkeeping business. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | entity type |
Related term: | Entity |
Ephemeral_Records | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Records that are characterised by their trivial nature or very short term value, and so do not need to be captured into a recordkeeping system or retained for any period of time. For example, low level meeting notices, minor catering arrangements, duplicate copies of records already captured in a recordkeeping system. Source: Disposal Standard ANZ |
Pref Label: | Ephemeral Records |
Eschatocol | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [documentary form] The final part of the document, which contains the documentary context of the action and the final formulae. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Eschatocol |
Event_Based_Order | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A request that is generated by a Consumer for information that is to be delivered periodically on the basis of some event or events. |
Pref Label: | Event Based Order |
Event_Metadata | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Metadata which provides an audit trail of actions by an agent on an object. Also known as Process Metadata. Source: derived from NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Event Metadata |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Broader term: | Metadata_INTERPARES |
Evidence | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., All the means by which any alleged matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted to investigation, is established or disproved. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Evidence |
Executed_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that has participated in the execution phase of an administrative procedure and to which metadata that convey the actions taken during the course of the procedure have been attached, such as priority of transmission, transmission date, time and/or place, actions taken, etc. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Executed record |
Execution_annotation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An addition made to a record, after its creation, as part of the document execution phase of an administrative procedure. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Execution annotation |
Execution_phase | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An administrative procedure constituted by all the actions (validation, communication, notification, publication) that give formal character to the transaction and the resulting record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Execution phase |
Experiential_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record produced, used and maintained in an experiential system. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Experiential record |
Experiential_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A system which immerses the user in a sensory experience. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Experiential system |
Exposition | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the part of the text of a document that narrates the concrete and immediate circumstances generating the act and/or the document. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Exposition |
Extensible_markup_language | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (XML) A general-purpose specification for creating custom, cross-platform, text-based, markup languages used both to encode documents and to serialize data; a subset of General Standardized Markup Language (SGML) with use and design similar to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) but employing user-definable markup tags that indicate the logical structure in addition to the display specifications of data elements. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Extensible markup language |
External_user | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Secondary users (e.g., journalists, researchers and other external users) who are allowed to access the records creator’s recordkeeping system on-line. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | External user |
Extrinsic_element | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An element of the documentary form of a record that constitutes its external appearance. The types of extrinsic elements include presentation features, electronic signatures, electronic seals, digital timestamps issued by a trusted third party, and special signs. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Extrinsic element |
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Fact | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A condition or event that exists, as distinguished from its effects, consequences, or interpretations, such as a state of things or a motion. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Fact |
Feasibility_information | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Assessment of the cost and technical capability required for the permanent preservation of a given body of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Feasibility information |
Feasibility_of_preservation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., The determination that the digital components conferring identity and ensuring the integrity of the things you want to preserve can indeed be preserved given current and future anticipated preservation capabilities. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Feasibility of preservation |
Federated_Archives | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A group of Archives that has agreed to provide access to their holdings via one or more common finding aids. |
Pref Label: | Federated Archives |
Field | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An item of data consisting of a number of characters, bytes, words, or codes that are treated together, e.g., to form a number, a name, or an address. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Field |
File | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | An organised unit of documents, accumulated during current use and kept together because they deal with the same subject, activity or transaction and which may or may not be fastened together with or without a cover. The unit may be paper or electronic. (v) The action of placing documents in a predetermined location according to an overall scheme of control. (KA, p.470) Source: Continuum. IT Context: A file is a named and ordered sequence of bytes that is known by an operating system. One or more files compose any given Representation.[52] Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | File |
Narrower term: | Original_file |
Broader term: | Data_Object |
Related term: | File_INTERPARES |
Related term: | File_INTERPARES |
File_format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The organization of data within digital objects, usually designed to facilitate the storage, retrieval, processing, presentation and/or transmission of the data by software. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | File format |
Broader term: | Structure_Information |
File_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To set aside a made or received document among the records that participate in the same action/affair or relate to the same person or subject, so that they may be retrieved for action or reference. [General Dictionaries] n., The aggregation of all the records that participate in the same affair or relate to the same event, person, place, project, or other subject.Syn.: dossier. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | File INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Data_Object |
Related term: | File |
Related term: | File |
Final_clause | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A formula at the end of the text of a document intended to ensure the execution of the act embodied in the document, or avoid its violation, guarantee its validity, preserve the rights of third parties, attest the execution of required formalities, or indicate the means employed to give the document probative value. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Final clause |
Finding_Aid | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A type of Access Aid that allows a user to search for and identify Archival Information Packages of interest. |
Pref Label: | Finding Aid |
Narrower term: | Finding_Aid_ANZ |
Broader term: | Access_Aid |
Related term: | Search_Session |
Related term: | Other_Representation_Information |
Finding_Aid_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The descriptive media, published and unpublished, manual or electronic, created by an archives or an archival programme, to establish physical or administrative and intellectual control over records and other holdings. Finding aids lead both archives staff and users to the information they are seeking from or about archives. Basic finding aids include guides (general or repository, subject or topical), descriptive inventories, series registers, accession registers, card catalogues, special lists, shelf and box lists, indexes, and, for machine-readable records, software documentation. The registers, indexes and filing system guides produced by the agency or person who created the records, also referred to as control records or contemporaneous finding aids. (KA, p.471) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Finding Aid ANZ |
Broader term: | Finding_Aid |
Related term: | Other_Representation_Information |
First_manifestation_of_a_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The documentary form that a record has when it is open for the first time upon receipt or after having been captured and declared as a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | First manifestation of a record |
Fixed_form | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The quality of a record that ensures its content remains complete and unaltered. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Fixed form |
Fixity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | A., The quality of a record that makes it immutable and requires changes to be made by appending an update or creating a new version. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Fixity |
Broader term: | Fixity_Information |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Related term: | Fixity_ANZ |
Fixity_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The condition of not being liable to displacement or change; stability or permanence in situation, condition, or form. Source:OED ANZ |
Pref Label: | Fixity ANZ |
Related term: | Fixity_Information |
Related term: | Fixity |
Related term: | Fixity_Check |
Fixity_Check | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Process of verifying that a file or bitstream has not been changed during a given period. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Fixity Check |
Related term: | Fixity_ANZ |
Fixity_Information | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The information which documents the mechanisms that ensure that the Content Information object has not been altered in an undocumented manner. An example is a Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC) code for a file. |
Pref Label: | Fixity Information |
Narrower term: | Checksum |
Narrower term: | Fixity_Information_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Fixity |
Related term: | Authenticity |
Related term: | Fixity_ANZ |
Fixity_Information_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A stored value, derived from the file properties, that is used as a basis for assuring physical file integrity. Source: derived from NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Fixity Information ANZ |
Broader term: | Fixity_Information |
Folder | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A cover in which non-electronic records, belonging in the same dossier, are loosely kept, usually in chronological order. A dossier may be distributed across a number of folders. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Folder |
Fonds | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The whole of the records that a physical or juridical person accumulates by reason of its function or activity; the highest-level archival aggregation.Syn.: archives [records]; archival fonds. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Fonds |
Related term: | Archival_fonds |
Form | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Rules of representation that determine the appearance of an entity and convey its meaning. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Form |
Related term: | Representation_Information |
Format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The structure or layout of an entity. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Format |
Narrower term: | Format_ANZ |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Broader term: | Representation_Information |
Broader term: | Structure_Information |
Format_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Specific, pre-established structure for the organisation of a file or bitstream. Source: NDHA ANZ “The physical medium in which information is recorded or carried, e.g. paper files, computer printout, photographs, microfilm, [electronic] records, plans, cards, volumes, etc. A selection of descriptive elements set out in a prescribed manner and sequence so that the resulting description will be standardised for all types of records.” (KA, p.471) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Format ANZ |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Broader term: | Representation_Information |
Broader term: | Structure_Information |
Broader term: | Format |
Format_Registry | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | An accessible compilation of information on file formats. It can provide identifiers for formats, definitive names, methods of identification, descriptions and other information. Source: Working Group ANZ |
Pref Label: | Format Registry |
Broader term: | Metadata_registry |
Broader term: | Registry_Repository-of-Representation_Information |
Format_Verification | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Process of checking that a file in a given format is complete and conforms with the format’s technical specification. Source:NDHA AHM |
Pref Label: | Format Verification |
Formula_perpetuitatis | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises a sentence declaring that the rights put into existence by the document are not circumscribed by time. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Formula perpetuitatis |
Framework | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A basic conceptual structure of rules, policies, procedures, tools and mechanisms intended to serve as a support or guide for the design, implementation and maintenance of an integrated system. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Framework |
Framework_requirement | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A rule that guides the design of the record-making, recordkeeping, and permanent preservation system. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Framework requirement |
Freeze | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To lock an evolving software distribution or document against changes so it can be released with some hope of stability. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Freeze |
Function | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., All of the activities aimed to accomplish one purpose, considered abstractly. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Function |
Functionality | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The capabilities or behaviours of a computer program, part of a program, or system, seen as the sum of its features. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Functionality |
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Genuine_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record having actual character, which is not counterfeited, imitated or adulterated, and a definite origin from a certain known source. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Genuine record |
Broader term: | Record |
Genuineness | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The quality of a record that is truly what it purports to be. The two concepts that allow for the indirect assessment and verification of the genuineness of a record are those of reliability and authenticity. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Genuineness |
Broader term: | Authenticity |
Geographic_information_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (GIS) A computer-based system consisting of hardware, software, geographic information, procedures and personnel designed to facilitate the efficient capture, storage, maintenance, manipulation, analysis, querying and display of spatially-referenced (geospatial) data from a wide variety of data sources in a wide variety of data formats—such as maps, graphs, photographs, remotely sensed data, tabular data and text—providing an automated link between the geospatial (locational) data and the descriptive (attribute) data, usually in relation to a system of coordinates (latitude, longitude, elevation or depth, etc.). [Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Geographic information system |
GIS | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | Initialism for “geographic information system.” |
Pref Label: | GIS |
Global_Community | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An extended Consumer community, in the context of Federated Archives, that accesses the holdings of several Archives via one or more common Finding Aids. |
Pref Label: | Global Community |
Gloss | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A note explaining a difficult or obscure word or phrase, especially such a note made between lines or in the margin of a document. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Gloss |
Granularity | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | Granularity refers to the level of detail at which PIs will need to be or may be assigned. In some situations, it may be necessary to cite a Web page which serves as access to a collection of Web files, or to cite a journal article, an item, or a chapter or a subset of a data file or perhaps a result of a database query. However, due to rights management, some finer details may be required. Each institution would need to evaluate whether a PI service provides the right level of granularity for their type of resources. |
Pref Label: | Granularity |
Broader term: | Record |
Graphic_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that represents an object or outline of a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines. A representation of an object formed by drawing. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Graphic record |
Broader term: | Record |
Guideline | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A statement or other indication of policy or procedure by which to determine a course of action, accomplish a given task or achieve a set of goals and objectives, formulated by a body with authority to speak on the subject but less binding than a directive or formal standard. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Guideline |
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Handling_office | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The office (or officer) formally competent for carrying out the action to which the record relates or for the matter to which the record pertains. Syn.: handling person. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Handling office |
Related term: | Handling_person |
Handling_person | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: handling office [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Handling person |
Related term: | Handling_office |
Related term: | Person |
Hard_disk | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A magnetic digital medium, composed of one or more flat, circular plates (platters) of a hard material capable of storing a large quantity of digital data, which (typically) resides permanently within a computer.Syn.: hard drive. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Hard disk |
Broader term: | Digital_Medium |
Hearsay_rule | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A legal provision excluding testimony that is based on second-hand, rather than personal, knowledge (hearsay). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Hearsay rule |
Hierarchy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A group of related entities, or information about the entities, within a system arranged in a graded order, typically from the most general to the most specific. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Hierarchy |
Historical_accountability | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A need to provide and receive explanation and understanding from one generation to another. Groups of individuals often derive their cohesiveness, legitimacy and the authority for their actions from their understanding and evaluation of the past. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Historical accountability |
HTML | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | Initialism for “Hypertext Markup Language.” |
Pref Label: | HTML |
Related term: | Html_document |
Related term: | Hypertext |
Related term: | Hypertext_markup_language |
Html_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An SGML-compliant digital document encoded using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) in conformance with the syntactic rules described in a Document Type Definition (DTD) or a schema document. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Html document |
Related term: | HTML |
Human-readable_format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A document or code that can be read by a human being, with or without the aid of magnification, as opposed to one in a format that can be read only by a computer. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Human-readable format |
Hypertext | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A method of presenting digital information that allows related files and elements of data to be interlinked, rather than viewed in linear sequence; usually differentiated from the normal text in a document by a different colour, by underlining, or by both. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Hypertext |
Related term: | HTML |
Hypertext_markup_language | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (HTML) A cross-platform, text-based, markup language used to define a single, fixed type of document with markup tags that structure the layout, styling and display of text and provide some provision for hypertext and multimedia; a subset of General Standardized Markup Language (SGML). [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Hypertext markup language |
Related term: | HTML |
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Idef0 | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | Acronym for “integrated definition function modeling method.” |
Pref Label: | Idef0 |
Identified_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A made or received document to which the identity metadata (e.g., persons, actions and dates of compilation) have been attached. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Identified document |
Identifier | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | An expression composed by one or more characters, digits or codes, that uniquely identifies an object. Identifiers can be local or global. Local identifiers uniquely identify entities in a given context or system (e.g. the employee IDs used by a company), whereas global identifiers identify entities across systems and contexts (e.g., ISBN). |
Pref Label: | Identifier |
Alt Label: | ID |
Narrower term: | Persistent_Identifier |
Narrower term: | Identifier_INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Opaque_PI |
Narrower term: | Persistent_Identifier_ANZ |
Broader term: | Identifier_ANZ |
Related term: | Identifier_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Attributes |
Related term: | Centralized_Naming_Authority |
Related term: | Identifier_Management_Scheme |
Related term: | Identifier_Scheme |
Related term: | Persistent_Identifier_Manager |
Related term: | Persistent_Identifier_System |
Identifier_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | An identifier is a language-independent label, sign or token that identifies an object from another object. ANZ |
Pref Label: | Identifier_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Persistent_Identifier |
Narrower term: | Identifier |
Related term: | Identifier_INTERPARES |
Identifier_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Terms, such as acronyms, projects, proper names of persons, geographical locations, the number of a patent’s specification or of a national standard, or any part or a bibliographical description, test names, and trade names which provide subject indexing, in addition to descriptors. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Identifier INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Persistent_Identifier |
Broader term: | Identifier |
Related term: | Identifier_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Identifier |
Related term: | Identifier_ANZ |
Identifier_Management_Scheme | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | A system that deals with identifying entities in a system by using identifiers. In the system IDs are used only as a way to make unambiguous reference to an entity and not as tokens to access to the system (this allows to distinguish ID management systems from authentication services). |
Pref Label: | Identifier Management System |
Related term: | Identifier |
Identifier_Scheme | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | A scheme that defines the characteristics of an identifier, such as, for example, the syntax used to create the ID, the information and the kinds of metadata that can be associated to it, if the ID is resolvable, if it is language-dependent, how it is assigned and so on. |
Pref Label: | Identifier Scheme |
Related term: | Identifier |
Identify | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The whole of the characteristics of a document or a record that uniquely identify it and distinguish it from any other document or record. With integrity, a component of authenticity. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Identify |
Imitative_copy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A copy that reproduces both the content and form of the record, but in such a way that it is always possible to tell the copy from the original. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Imitative copy |
Inactive_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that is no longer used in the day-to-day course of business, but which may be kept and occasionally used for legal, historical, or operational purposes.Syn.: non-current record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Inactive record |
Related term: | Non-current_record |
Incoming_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: received document [Archives] |
Pref Label: | incoming document |
Broader term: | Submission_Information_Package |
Related term: | Received_document |
Incoming_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: received record [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Incoming record |
Broader term: | Submission_Information_Package |
Related term: | Received_record |
Independently_Understandable | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A characteristic of information that is sufficiently complete to allow it to be interpreted, understood and used by the Designated Community without having to resort to special resources not widely available, including named individuals. |
Pref Label: | Independently Understandable |
Related term: | Knowledge_Base |
Indexing | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The process of establishing access points to facilitate retrieval of records and/or information. (ISO 15489-2001, Part 1, 3.11) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Indexing |
Indication_of_action | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The subject line(s) and/or the title at the top of a record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Indication of action |
Indication_of_attachments | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The mention of autonomous items that have been linked inextricably to the record before transmission (i.e., added during its execution) for it to accomplish its purpose. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Indication of attachments |
Information | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Any type of knowledge that can be exchanged. In an exchange, it is represented by data. An example is a string of bits (the data) accompanied by a description of how to interpret the string of bits as numbers representing temperature observations measured in degrees Celsius (the Representation Information). |
Pref Label: | Information |
Narrower term: | Record |
Narrower term: | Information_INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Record_ANZ |
Related term: | Information_Object |
Information_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An assemblage of data intended for communication either through space or across time. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Information INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Information |
Information_Object | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A Data Object together with its Representation Information. |
Pref Label: | Information Object |
Narrower term: | Intellectual_Entity |
Related term: | Information |
Information_Package | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A logical container composed of optional Content Information and optional associated Preservation Description Information. Associated with this Information Package is Packaging Information used to delimit and identify the Content Information and Package Description information used to facilitate searches for the Content Information. |
Pref Label: | Information Package |
Narrower term: | Archival_Information_Package |
Narrower term: | Archival_Information_Unit |
Narrower term: | Archival_unit |
Related term: | Associated_Description |
Information_Property | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | That part of the Content Information as described by the Information Property Description. The detailed expression, or value, of that part of the information content is conveyed by the appropriate parts of the Content Data Object and its Representation Information. |
Pref Label: | Information Property |
Narrower term: | Transformational_Information_Property |
Related term: | Information_Property_Description |
Information_Property_Description | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The description of the Information Property. It is a description of a part of the information content of a Content Information object that is highlighted for a particular purpose. |
Pref Label: | Information Property Description |
Related term: | Information_Property |
Information_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A computer-based system with the defining characteristic that it provides information to users in one or more organizations. Information systems are thus distinguished from, for example, real-time control systems, |
Pref Label: | Information system |
Ingest_Functional_Entity | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The OAIS functional entity that contains the services and functions that accept Submission Information Packages from Producers, prepares Archival Information Packages for storage, and ensures that Archival Information Packages and their supporting Descriptive Information become established within the OAIS. |
Pref Label: | Ingest Functional Entity |
Narrower term: | Acquire |
Related term: | Accession |
Related term: | Acquisition_INTERPARES |
Initialization | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A group of commands that initialize a device, such as a printer. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Initialization |
Inscription | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the name, title and address of the addressee of the document and/or the action. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Inscription |
Instantiation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., To represent by an instance. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Instantiation |
Instructive_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A prospective record that contains instructions about executing an action or process. With dispositive, enabling, narrative, probative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Instructive record |
Intact_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record that has had no relevant part removed or destroyed. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Intact record |
Integrated_business_and_documentary_procedures | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Procedures for carrying out the creator’s business that have been linked to a scheme or plan for organization of the creator’s records. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Integrated business and documentary procedures |
Related term: | Business_case |
Related term: | Business_Model |
Integrated_definition_function_modeling_method | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (IDEF0) A method designed to model the decisions, actions, and activities of an organization or system. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Integrated definition function modeling method |
Integrity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The quality of being complete and unaltered in all essential respects. With identity, a component of authenticity. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Integrity |
Intellectual_content | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: intellectual form [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Intellectual content |
Related term: | Intellectual_form |
Intellectual_Control | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The control established over the informational content of records and archives resulting from ascertaining and documenting their provenance, and from the processes of arrangement and description. (KA, p.472) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Intellectual Control |
Intellectual_control_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The control established over archival material by documenting in finding aids its provenance, arrangement, composition, scope, informational content and internal and external relationships. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Intellectual control INTERPARES |
Intellectual_Entity | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | A coherent set of digital objects or a singular digital object that is described as a unit, for example, a book, a map, a photograph, or a serial. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | Intellectual Entity |
Broader term: | Information_Object |
Intellectual_form | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] The whole of the formal attributes of the record that represent and communicate the elements of the action in which the record is involved and of its immediate context, both documentary and administrative. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Intellectual form |
Related term: | Intellectual_content |
Intellectual_property_rights | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (IPR) The rights of individuals or organizations to control the use or dissemination of ideas or information. They include copyright, trademarks and patents. [Government] |
Pref Label: | Intellectual property rights |
Interactive_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record with variable content or form that is dependent on user input that is often based on earlier content. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Interactive record |
Interactive_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A system in which each user entry causes a response from or an action by the system, by virtue of automated reasoning based on data from its apparatus. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Interactive system |
Interactivity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., An expression of the extent that in a given series of communication exchanges, any third (or later) transmission (or message) is related to the degree to which previous exchanges referred to even earlier transmissions. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Interactivity |
Internal_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A document that is transmitted across space or through time only within the creating organization, rather than to an external party. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Internal document |
Internal_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A record, such as a memorandum or report, which is transmitted across space or through time only within the creating organization, rather than to an external party. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Internal record |
Interoperability | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | The ability of independent systems to exchange meaningful information and initiate actions from each other, in order to operate together to mutual benefit. In particular, it envisages the ability for loosely-coupled independent systems to be able to collaborate and communicate (Norman Paskin). |
Pref Label: | Interoperability |
Narrower term: | Cross-platform |
Narrower term: | Interoperability_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Compatibility |
Related term: | Interoperability_among_PI_systems |
Related term: | Interoperability_Level |
Related term: | Interoperability_Objects |
Related term: | Platform-independent |
Related term: | Platform-neutral |
Interoperability_among_PI_systems | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | Here the concept of ‘interoperability’ is quite simple and is not used to indicate the ability of PI systems to interoperate between them in a direct way (DOI will not speak with NBN, it’s not required) but it is conceived in terms of a common way of access to data belonging to heterogeneous PI domains which are identified through different identification schemes. Our goal is to make accessible data from all the PI domains in the same format so that users can use them without worrying about different internal organization and policy. |
Pref Label: | Interoperability among PI systems |
Related term: | Interoperability |
Interoperability_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The ability of one application/system to communicate or work with another. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Interoperability INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Interoperability |
Related term: | Compatibility |
Interoperability_Level | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | The level of abstraction on which the interoperability issue is conceived. |
Pref Label: | Interoperability Level |
Related term: | Interoperability |
Interoperability_Objects | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | These are the entities that actually need to be processed in interoperability scenarios. They can include for example the full content of digital resources or mere representations of such resources (i.e. metadata, identifiers). |
Pref Label: | Interoperability Objects |
Related term: | Interoperability |
Intrinsic_element | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An element of the documentary form of a record that constitutes its internal composition and that conveys the action in which the record participates and its immediate context. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Intrinsic element |
Inventory | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A descriptive instrument that represents the records of a fonds in their hierarchical structure and arrangement, and illustrates the administrative history of their creator, their custodial history and their administrative and documentary context. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Inventory |
Invocation | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An intrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the mention of God in documents issued by religious bodies. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Invocation |
IPR | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “intellectual property rights.” [Government] |
Pref Label: | IPR |
ISO | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “International Organization for Standardization.” [Government] |
Pref Label: | ISO |
Item | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | The smallest discrete unit of record material which accumulates to form a series (i.e. a file or part file in a series of files; a volume in a series of volumes, etc.). Sometimes the term is also used as equivalent to Document (2). Also referred to as record item. (KA, p.473) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Item |
Narrower term: | Item_INTERPARES |
Item_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The smallest indivisible archival unit, which represents the smallest intellectual entity within a fonds no longer usefully subdivisible for descriptive purposes. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Item INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Item |
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Juridical_person | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An entity having the capacity or the potential to act legally and constituted either by a succession or collection of physical persons or a collection of properties. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Juridical person |
Broader term: | Person |
Juridical_system | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A social group that is organized on the basis of a system of rules and that includes three components: the social group, the organizational principle of the social group, and the system of binding rules recognized by the social group. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Juridical system |
Juridical-administrative_context | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The legal and organizational system in which the creating body belongs. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Juridical-administrative context |
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Keyword | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Keywords are used to retrieve documents in an information system, for instance, a catalog or a search engine. ANZ |
Pref Label: | Keyword |
Broader term: | Descriptive_Information |
Knowledge_Base | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A set of information, incorporated by a person or system, that allows that person or system to understand received information. |
Pref Label: | Knowledge Base |
Related term: | Designated_Community |
Related term: | Designated_Community |
Related term: | Independently_Understandable |
Knowledge_Management | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Knowledge Management: The creation of value from an organisation’s intellectual and knowledge based assets. Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Knowledge Management |
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LAN | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “local area network.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | LAN |
Related term: | Local_area_network |
Language | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the expression and organization of ideas and discourse including composition, style, rhythm, and vocabulary. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Language |
LDAP_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | In computer networking, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a standardised networking protocol designed for querying and modifying directory services. LDAP defines a relatively simple protocol for updating and searching directories running over TCP/IP. No specific type of directory is an ‘LDAP directory’. LDAP directory entries feature a hierarchical structure that reflects political, geographic and/or organisational boundaries, usually with DNS names at the top level. Source: NZFEAF-RM ANZ |
Pref Label: | LDAP ANZ |
Legitimate_successor | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Either the person or organization acquiring the function(s) from which the records in question result and the records themselves, or a designated records preserver. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Legitimate successor |
Lifecycle | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | An approach to viewing records management through a lifecycle model. It divides the records into five major phases of existence: creation, distribution, use, maintenance and disposal. As part of the disposal it may enter into the archives or be destroyed. (JISC:PRO, Appendix 3: Glossary, p.16) Current records management theory and methodology in Australasia favours the concept of the records continuum over that of the lifecycle model. Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Lifecycle |
Related term: | Records_lifecycle |
Life-cycle_Management | |
In scheme: | TBD |
Definition: | Records management practices have established life-cycle management for many years, for both paper and electronic records. The major implications for life-cycle management of digital resources, whatever their form or function, is the need actively to manage the resource at each stage of its life-cycle and to recognise the inter-dependencies between each stage and commence preservation activities as early as practicable.This represents a major difference with most traditional preservation, where management is largely passive until detailed conservation work is required, typically, many years after creation and rarely, if ever, involving the creator. There is an active and inter-linked life-cycle to digital resources which has prompted many to promote the term “continuum” to distinguish it from the more traditional and linear flow of the life-cycle for traditional analogue materials.We have used the term life-cycle to apply to this pro-active concept of preservation anagement for digital materials.The rationale for this approach is summed up in the following quotations:”…the prospects for and the costs involved in preserving digital resources over the longer term rest heavily upon decisions taken about those resources at different stages of their life cycle. Decisions taken in the design and creation of a digital resource, and those taken when a digital resource is accessioned into a collection, are particularly influential.”(Beagrie and Greenstein 1998)”At each phase of the cycle, electronic records need to be actively managed, according to established procedures, to ensure that they retain qualities of integrity, authenticity and reliability.”(PRO 1999) |
Pref Label: | Life-cycle Management |
List_of_annotations | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Recorded information about additions made to a record after it has been created. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | List of annotations |
List_of_format_changes | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Recorded information about modifications to a record’s documentary form or digital format after it has been created. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | List of format changes |
Literary_warrant | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The mandate from law, professional best practices, professional literature, and other social sources requiring the creation and continued maintenance of archival description and other metadata supporting the accuracy, reliability, authenticity and preservation of records. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Literary warrant |
Local_area_network | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (LAN) A data communications network that is geographically limited (typically to a one kilometre radius) allowing easy interconnection of terminals, microprocessors and computers within adjacent buildings. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Local area network |
Related term: | LAN |
Local_Community | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The community which would be served by the Archive outside of the context of Federated Archives. |
Pref Label: | Local Community |
Logical_format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The organized arrangement of data on a digital medium that ensures file and data control structures are recognizable and recoverable by the host computer operating system. Two common logical formats for files and directories are ISO 9660/13490 for CDs, and Universal Disk Format (UDF) for DVDs. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Logical format |
Broader term: | Representation_Information |
Logical_namespace | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A set of names in which all names are unique. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Logical namespace |
Logical_structure | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The syntactic organization of data elements in an SGML-compliant document. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Logical structure |
Broader term: | Structure_Information |
Long_Term | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | A period of time long enough for there to be concern about the impacts of changing technologies, including support for new media and data formats, and of a changing Designated Community, on the information being held in an OAIS. This period extends into the indefinite future. |
Pref Label: | Long Term |
Related term: | Long_Term_Preservation |
Long_Term_Preservation | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The act of maintaining information, Independently Understandable by a Designated Community, and with evidence supporting its Authenticity, over the Long Term. |
Pref Label: | Long Term Preservation |
Narrower term: | Digital_Continuity |
Narrower term: | Digital_Preservation_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Digital_Preservation_DPC |
Narrower term: | Long-term_preservation_DPC |
Narrower term: | Preservation |
Narrower term: | Digital_preservation |
Narrower term: | Permanent_preservation |
Narrower term: | Persistent |
Narrower term: | Persistent_object_preservation |
Narrower term: | Preservation_INTERPARES |
Related term: | Long_Term |
Related term: | Short-term_preservation |
Longevity | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Long life; long duration of existence. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Longevity |
Long-term_preservation_DPC | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Continued access to digital materials, or at least to the information contained in them, indefinitely. |
Pref Label: | Long-term preservation DPC |
Broader term: | Long_Term_Preservation |
Lossless_compression | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A term describing a data compression algorithm which retains all the information in the data, allowing it to be recovered perfectly by decompression.Opp.: lossy compression. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Lossless compression |
Lossy_compression | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A term describing a data compression algorithm which actually reduces the amount of information in the data, rather than just the number of bits used to represent that information. Opp.: lossless compression. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Lossy compression |
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Machine_code | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: machine language [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Machine code |
Related term: | Machine_language |
Machine_hierarchy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A data hierarchy that reflects the facilities of the computer, both hardware and software. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Machine hierarchy |
Machine_language | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A set of instructions for a specific central processing unit, designed to be usable by a computer without being translated.Syn.: machine code. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Machine language |
Related term: | Machine_code |
Machine-readable_format | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Data in a form that can be recognized, accepted, and interpreted by a machine, such as a computer or other data processing device, whether created in such a form or converted from a format that a machine cannot read. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Machine-readable format |
Made_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A document composed or compiled by the creator. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Made document |
Made_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A made document declared a record and set aside for action or reference, usually in a recordkeeping system. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Made record |
Broader term: | Record |
Maintain | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | [To retain] records in identifiable recordkeeping systems over time in accordance with appraisal decisions. Records that are required to be maintained should be accessible, their integrity should be protected and, where necessary, they should meet the conditions or requirements identified in order to meet business needs, organisational accountability and community expectations. This may include migrating records across successive systems and other preservation strategies.” (DIRKS, Glossary, p.9) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Maintain |
Maintenance_strategy | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A coherent set of objectives and methods for protecting and maintaining accessibility of authentic copies of digital records through their early stages in the chain of preservation. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Maintenance strategy |
Man | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Initialism for “metropolitan area network.” [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Man |
Management | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | The role played by those who set overall OAIS policy as one component in a broader policy domain, for example as part of a larger organization. |
Pref Label: | Management |
Manifest | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To render a stored digital object in a form suitable for presentation either to a person (i.e., in human-readable form) or to a computer system (i.e., in machine language). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Manifest |
Manifested_digital_component | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital component that is visualized or rendered from a stored digital component in a form suitable for presentation within a document either to a person (i.e., in human-readable form) or to a computer system (i.e., in machine language). [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Manifested digital component |
Manifested_digital_document | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A digital document that is visualized or rendered from a stored digital document and/or stored digital component(s) in a form suitable for presentation either to a person (i.e., in human readable form) or to a computer system (i.e., in machine language). [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Manifested digital document |
Manifested_digital_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A manifested digital document that is treated as a record. Syn.: presented digital record. [Models (MCP)] |
Pref Label: | Manifested digital record |
Broader term: | Record |
Marginalia | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., Notes made in the margin of a document. Syn.: marginal notes. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Marginalia |
Mark-up | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | v., To add codes (markup tags) to a digital document to give semantic structure to the content. Syn.: tag. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Mark-up |
Markup_language | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A computer-processable encoding language and associated rules that can be used to mark-up or tag SGML-compliant documents to indicate their logical structure, layout, display and styling. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Markup language |
Markup_tag | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The markup characters that indicate the start or end of a data element in an SGML-compliant document. A tag serves as an instruction to a processing or reading program, specifying how the data element is defined or displayed. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Markup tag |
Medium | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [diplomatics] An extrinsic element of documentary form that comprises the material carrying the message of a document. [Archives] n., The physical material or substance upon which information can be or is recorded or stored. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Medium |
Medium-term_preservation | |
In scheme: | TBD |
Definition: | Continued access to digital materials beyond changes in technology for a defined period of time but not indefinitely. |
Pref Label: | Medium-term preservation |
Related term: | Short-term_preservation |
Member_Description | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | An Associated Description that describes a member of a collection. |
Pref Label: | Member Description |
Message-switching_systems,_software_engineering_environments,_or_personal_computing_systems._[Computer_and_Information_Sciences] | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | 0 |
Pref Label: | Message-switching systems, software engineering environments, or personal computing systems. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Metadata | |
In scheme: | OAIS |
Definition: | Data about other data. |
Pref Label: | Metadata |
Narrower term: | Event_Metadata |
Narrower term: | Metadata_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Metadata_DPC |
Narrower term: | Annotation |
Narrower term: | Description |
Narrower term: | Documentation |
Narrower term: | Documentation_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Format |
Narrower term: | Format_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Package_Description |
Narrower term: | Packaging_Information |
Narrower term: | Representation_Information |
Narrower term: | Representation_Network |
Narrower term: | Structure_Information |
Related term: | Metadata_registry |
Related term: | Metadata_schema_registry |
Related term: | Metadata_set |
Metadata_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Structured information that describes and/or allows users to find, manage, control, understand or preserve information over time. Source: ICA req OR Data describing context, content and structure of records and their management through time. (ISO 15489-2001) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Metadata ANZ |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Broader term: | Metadata_INTERPARES |
Metadata_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | Information which describes significant aspects of a resource. Most discussion to date has tended to emphasise metadata for the purposes of resource discovery.The emphasis in this handbook is on what metadata are required successfully to manage and preserve digital materials over time and which will assist in ensuring essential contextual, historical, and technical information are preserved along with the digital object. |
Pref Label: | Metadata DPC |
Broader term: | Metadata |
Broader term: | Metadata_INTERPARES |
Metadata_element | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A discrete component of metadata. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Metadata element |
Metadata_element_set | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A grouping of metadata elements along with their attributes, such as name, identifier, definition or relationship to other concepts, collated for a specific purpose, community or domain. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Metadata element set |
Related term: | Metadata_set |
Metadata_encoding_scheme | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A controlled vocabulary for metadata element values and encoding structures. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Metadata encoding scheme |
Metadata_instance | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A particular collection of metadata elements associated with a set of values for those elements. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Metadata instance |
Metadata_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., [data] Information that characterizes another information resource, especially for purposes of documenting, describing, preserving or managing that resource. [General Dictionaries] n., Any file or database that holds information about a document, record, aggregation of records or another database’s structure, attributes, processing or changes. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Metadata INTERPARES |
Narrower term: | Event_Metadata |
Narrower term: | Metadata_ANZ |
Narrower term: | Metadata_DPC |
Metadata_mapping | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A formal identification of equivalent or nearly equivalent metadata elements or groups of metadata elements within different metadata schemas, carried out in order to facilitate semantic interoperability. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Metadata mapping |
Metadata_registry | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An authoritative source of repository for names, semantics and syntaxes for one or more schemas. An application that uses metadata languages in a form processable by machines to make those languages available for use by both humans and machines. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Metadata registry |
Narrower term: | Format_Registry |
Narrower term: | Metadata_schema_registry |
Broader term: | Registry_Repository-of-Representation_Information |
Related term: | Metadata |
Metadata_schema | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A framework that specifies and describes a standard set of metadata elements and their interrelationships that need to be recorded to ensure the identification of records and their authenticity. Schemas provide a formal syntax (or structure) and semantics (or definitions) for the metadata elements. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Metadata schema |
Metadata_schema_registry | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., An authoritative resource that can be used to catalogue, describe, document and analyze metadata schemas and versions thereof. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Metadata schema registry |
Broader term: | Registry_Repository-of-Representation_Information |
Broader term: | Metadata_registry |
Related term: | Metadata |
Metadata_set | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., See: metadata element set [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Metadata set |
Related term: | Metadata |
Related term: | Metadata_element_set |
Methodology | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The system of broad principles or rules from which specific methods or procedures may be derived to understand different situations (or solve different problems) within the scope of a particular discipline. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Methodology |
Metropolitan_area_network | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., (MAN) A data network intended to serve an area the size of a large city. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Metropolitan area network |
METS | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | METS is a standard for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata about objects within a digital library, expressed using XML. Source: NDHA ANZ |
Pref Label: | METS |
Alt Label: | Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard |
Migration | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of moving or transferring digital objects from one system to another. [Computer and Information Sciences] |
Pref Label: | Migration |
Broader term: | Digital_Migration |
Related term: | Migration_of_records |
Migration_ANZ | |
In scheme: | ANZ |
Definition: | Set of organised tasks designed to achieve the periodic transfer of digital materials from one hardware or software configuration to another, or from one generation of computer technology to a subsequent generation./OR/The act of moving records from one system to another, while maintaining the records’ authenticity, integrity, reliability, and usability (ISO 15489-2001, Part 1, 3.13) Source: Continuum ANZ |
Pref Label: | Migration ANZ |
Broader term: | Digital_Migration |
Migration_DPC | |
In scheme: | DPC |
Definition: | A means of overcoming technological obsolescence by transferring digital resources from one hardware/software generation to the next.The purpose of migration is to preserve the intellectual content of digital objects and to retain the ability for clients to retrieve, display, and otherwise use them in the face of constantly changing technology. Migration differs from the refreshing of storage media in that it is not always possible to make an exact digital copy or replicate original features and appearance and still maintain the compatibility of the resource with the new generation of technology. |
Pref Label: | Migration DPC |
Broader term: | Digital_Migration |
Migration_of_records | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The process of moving records from one system to another to ensure their continued accessibility as the system becomes obsolete, while leaving intact their physical and intellectual forms. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Migration of records |
Related term: | Migration |
Mode_of_transmission | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The method of transmission of a record (e.g., by fax). [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Mode of transmission |
Model | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics. [General Dictionaries] |
Pref Label: | Model |
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Name_of_action_or_matter | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The subject line(s) and/or the title at the top of the record. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Name of action or matter |
Name_of_place_of_origin_of_record | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., The name of the geographic place where the record was generated; included in the content of the record by the author or by the electronic system on the author’s behalf. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Name of place of origin of record |
Namespace | |
In scheme: | APARSEN |
Definition: | An abstract container providing context for the items it holds and allows disambiguation of items having the same name (residing in different namespaces). The namespace are registered by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and are defined by IETF-RFC where is identified also the naming authority. Examples is the URN namespace such as National Bibliography Number (RFC 3188-NBN) under the responsibilities of National Libraries. |
Pref Label: | Namespace |
Narrower term: | Namespace_INTERPARES |
Namespace_INTERPARES | |
In scheme: | INTERPARES |
Definition: | n., A collection of names, identified by a URL reference, used as element types and attribute names. [Archives] |
Pref Label: | Namespace INTERPARES |
Broader term: | Namespace |
Broader term: | Naming_author |