Retrospective Documentation Requirements

Definition

The improvement of the standard of information about objects and collections to meet minimum standards by the documentation of new information for existing objects and collections.

Requirements

• Define the purposes of the organisation's documentation system. The primary purpose should be to establish accountability and access;
• Define the organisation's understanding of the backlogs it has;
• Work towards reducing its backlog;
• Review progress on reducing the backlog on a regular basis;
• Work towards an overall improvement in the quality of information held about objects and collections;
• Review progress on the overall improvement in the quality of information on a regular basis.

Standards, Guidelines + Use Cases

Use Cases and Community Design Workshop Notes

Spectrum Procedure: Retrospective Documentation

Associated Wireframes

Associated Services

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