Disposal includes both creation and other actions, such as amending permanent records at the National Archives.

The act of creating or relocating a record into archival custody.

The act of determining the fate of records that are no longer needed to support ongoing administrative tasks.

Providing similar disposal authority number that identifies each authority granted to a specific office.

Intellectual control

Description

Arrangement

Administrative control

Collective archives or artificial archives

Coporate archives

Public archives

In-house archives

Current records, semi-current records and non-current records

Current, disposal and non-current records

Retention

Disposal

Appraisal

Transfer

A record containing information essential to re-establish or continue an organisation in the event of a disaster

Contain similar information about a wide range of people or organisations, typically reflecting the specific tasks and activities of a department inside a company.

Deal with internal administration, as well as structures, equipment, and supplies, finance, and personnel files.

Pertain to the organisation's policy and process formulation

Records group

Record copy

Non-permanent records

Misfile

Disposal authority

Disposal

Retrieving

Classification

Filling

Accessioning