Necessary and Sufficient Components of a Record

Question 1

medium

Answer 1

physical carrier of the content

Question 2

form

Answer 2

rules of representation both physical and intellectual

Question 3

content

Answer 3

the message

Question 4

act

Answer 4

the reason a record exists (the action)

Question 5

context

Answer 5

the framework in which a record is created and preserved

Question 6

archival bond

Answer 6

the relationship of a record to other records participating in the same action

Question 7

persons

Answer 7

the agents participating in the action/record

Question 8

what are the characteristics of the archival bond?

Answer 8

the archival bond is originary, necessary, and determined; it’s revealed through description

Question 9

what are the necessary and sufficient components of a record?

Answer 9

medium, form, content, act, persons, archival bond, context

Question 10

what are the contexts of records?

Answer 10

juridical-administrative (legal framework in which it exists), provenancial (context of originating body itself), procedural (procedures that give rise to document creation), documentary (stucture of the fonds, archival bond), technological