Archival Bond

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

This paper presents the concept of archival bond as formulated by archival science. Being one of the essential components of the record, the concept of archival bond is discussed in the context of traditional diplomatic and archival definitions of records, and its function in proving the reliability and authenticity of records over the long term the archival bond between electronic and nonelectronic records belonging to the same groups. The paper applied the concept of archival bond on Arabic records. The term ‘Archival Bond’ is used and applied in the research project of U.B.C in Canada from 1990’s of the 20th century. The general goal of the U.B.C electronic records research project was to identify and define in purely theoretical way, both the byproducts of electronic information systems and the methods for protecting the integrity of those records which constitute evidence of action. The concept of Archival Bond is important in analyzing the archival group and its content forms of files and registers.

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