Introduction
This page outlines basic concepts in archival description.
Terminology
Staff working on archival description projects should understand the following terms:
Basic concepts
Archival description is a core archival function guided by a set of guiding principles.
Information provided in each archival description should come from the appropriate chief source of information for the archival material.
Archival descriptions should align with our metadata guidelines for each level of archival description.
Archival descriptions should align with our writing style guidelines for archival descriptions.