Arhiveerimistekstides

Arhiveerimistekstides is an Estonian term that denotes the language and stylistic conventions used in archival texts. The word is formed from arhiveerimine (archiving) and tekstid (texts), with the plural suffix -ides, referring to the textual content produced in the course of archiving work, such as finding aids, inventory lists, metadata records, and archival descriptions.

In archival science and information studies, arhiveerimistekstides is used to analyze how records are described and organized. The concept covers both linguistic features and practical standards: terminology, sentence structure, and the standardization of headings, as well as the structure and content of descriptions, provenance statements, dates, and physical form.

Typical characteristics include concise, precise language; neutral description; preservation of original terminology when appropriate; and the consistent use of metadata elements to enable discoverability. Archivists strive to balance faithful representation of originals with user-friendly access, which shapes the wording found in texts such as catalog entries and finding aids.

Why it matters: consistent arhiveerimistekstides supports searchability across repositories, interoperability between systems, and reliable reconstruction of the archival record. The practice commonly interacts with digital archiving and metadata standards, which prescribe how texts are structured and described.

See also: archival description, metadata, finding aid.