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Public Records (FFN_633)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

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Name

publicRecords

Attribute

FFN Feature Function

Definition

The activity of keeping records that the general public has a right to examine on file in a public office.

Description

Public records may be maintained and held in many different physical forms including, for example, textual correspondence, completed paper documents, bound record books, photographs, film, sound recordings, map drawings, Compact Disc (CD) or Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), or other forms of machine-readable materials.

Synonyms

Archive; Archives

Accepted

2013-10-18

Allowed for

• AL010 Facility
• AL013 Building

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_02844 Public Records Building
• RWO_02845 Public Records Facility
• RWO_04943 Archive
• RWO_05022 Public Records Office

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.