Dokumenttiin
Dokumenttiin is a conceptual framework used in digital documentation and archival science to describe a structured approach for recording, preserving, and communicating information about digital and physical artifacts, processes, and events. The term is used in Finnish- and Estonian-speaking scholarly and cultural heritage communities to denote a holistic documentation practice that integrates content, metadata, and provenance. The name draws on Finnish linguistic roots, with 'dokumentti' meaning document.
Its guiding principles include completeness and traceability of sources, clear provenance, versioning, and interoperability across technologies.
Typical components include content records describing artifacts or events, metadata records documenting characteristics and provenance, an
Applications include cultural heritage repositories, research project documentation, and software or data repositories. The approach supports
Compared with other documentation approaches, Dokumenttiin seeks to integrate content and metadata with clear provenance and