Archivalrelated

Archivalrelated is a provisional descriptive term that designates materials, topics, or activities connected with archives and archival practice. It is not an official standard term, but it may be used in catalogs, metadata schemas, or taxonomies to indicate relevance to archives, records management, and preservation.

In practice, archivalrelated may apply to items about archival theory, case studies of archives, descriptions of archival collections, or resources used in or produced by archives. It can also tag materials that concern preservation planning, accessioning, appraisal, provenance, chain of custody, or access.

Within digital repositories, using archivalrelated as a tag helps researchers filter for content relating to archival science, historical records, and archival administration. It can be paired with more specific terms, such as archival-related metadata, archival description, or archival materials.

Care should be taken to define its use within a given system to avoid ambiguity. When possible, more precise language or established metadata elements (for example, subject terms, genre, or keywords) should be used to improve retrieval and interoperability.