Records in Contexts–Foundations of Archival Description

Records in Contexts–Foundations of Archival Description (RiC-FAD) is a brief introduction to the principles and purpose of archival description. It is the first part of the Records in Contexts standard, which also includes a Conceptual Model (RiC-CM) and an Ontology (RiC-O). The version 1.0 of RiC-FAD, RiC-CM, and RiC-O, that was released in late 2023, marks the first stable and complete version of the first three parts of RiC, and thus a major milestone in the development of the standard. EGAD is now working on creating the fourth and final part of RiC Application Guidelines (RiC-AG).

RiC-FAD was first published in 2016 as part of RiC-CM version 0.1 and subsequently turned into a revised independent document called Introduction to Archival Description (version 0.2). In 2023 it was again revised and renamed to Foundations of Archival Description (version 1.0).

RiC-FAD 1.0 can be downloaded from https://www.ica.org/app/uploads/2023/12/RiC-FAD-1.0.pdf or https://github.com/ICA-EGAD/RiC-FAD/blob/main/current-version/RiC-FAD-1.0.pdf.

Anyone interested in learning more about or discussing RiC with others is encouraged to join the RiC user group. Both description of the scope and purpose of the group and instructions for joining will be found here: https://groups.google.com/g/Records_in_Contexts_users/