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The quality of records that provides information about the origins, functions, and activities of their creator(s); the importance or usefulness of something to prove or disprove a fact.

Source: Richard Pearse-Moses, A glossary of archival and records terminology. Society of American Archivists. 

Related terms

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Archival appraisal

Archival value