METHODS OF LINEAR AND HIERARCHICAL SEQUENCES IN ARCHIVES

Abstract

There are more and more data collected and captured in the archival repositories and in the archival information systems and organized in different ways. Therefore, legitimate archival professional dilemmas and related discussions arise about ensuring their integrity. To solve this problem it is necessary to check the suitability of existing methods or develop and establish new methods of managing data in the archives.The paper presents two archival methods for managing the archival data consistency and integrity on the base of linear and hierarchical sequences and the method of cardinality of sets of sequences. In archival professional procedures all three methods are already used in various forms.In some areas, their use is systematic, in other sporadic. They are often carried out by inertia and with the limited archival practical experience. The main intention of that paper is to present and theoretically ground these methods with intention of better and systematical implementation in everyday archival professional procedures.