Resolve
RDF Terms

Agrupación documental

Ensemble d’objets informationnels

Record Set

Recordgruppe

One or more records that are grouped together by an Agent based on the records sharing one or more attributes or relations.

Corresponds to RiC-E03 (Record Set entity)

Record set is a kind of Record Resource. The member records in a Record Set may physically reside together, though physical proximity is not essential. In a particular context, an Agent (for example, administrator, records manager, archivist, end-user, etc.) may select the member records of a Record Set based on any shared attribute or attributes, or any shared relation or relations. The grouping of the records serves a purpose or purposes specific to the context of the Agent. For example, all member records of a Record Set have been accumulated by the same Agent; have the same Documentary Form Type; or are related to and document the same Activity. A Record Set may represent the act of classifying the records in accordance with a formal classification scheme that may be based on activity, subject, organizational structure, or other criteria; an act of archival arrangement (for example, based on common provenance); or some other selection and grouping that fulfils a particular purpose or purposes (for example, a classification that reflects or supports the purposes of a researcher). By exception, some records are brought together based on their not belonging in the context of selection to other designated groups: a 'Miscellaneous' series, for example. A Record Sset accumulated by an Agent in the course of life or work activity should be described in a manner that preserves context and evidential value. Record Sets may also contain other Record Sets. A Record Set or Record may simultaneously be a member of more than one Record Set, and over the course of its existence, a Record Set or Record may be a member of an indeterminate number of Record Sets in an indeterminate number of contexts. Record Sets and Records contained within a Record Set may be ordered into a sequence based on a common property or relation, or common properties or relations (for example, alphabetical by agent or related place); chronological order by creation date; or some other criterion (for example, an imposed order by relevance).