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2. A @llative turds gmup @mpris of @rds of difra€nr ag4ies having
simile tundions, or functional El ios or ehed b one @rh€. s prqtffi
dd suwr og.ncrcs.
l. A collcted lgds grcop includ.s lgrds ol vdiou €qcies having no Etnions
wid one doth€r.
Arhives eNup syslem h appli.d to records shi.h could not be amn8ed in
a.corduce wilh ihe principl€ of provenan@, Thee goups aE rrmg.d in a@rddne wiih
v3rtjng statulrds oforigin, subj6t, clmnology, alphlbel, @lor, si4, type Md den lhos
havinB norhing conmon with one eorhq.
Th€ dchivs group o4pr is rhc oportion on de b6it of r@ neCltivc pnncipls s
folllM: (o) No tl. or volume should be ron lpcn m div'd.d, b sun. b r p.nicotd ehivll
srcup; ond (b) No deun nll $ould h. rcten out or add.d 10 m shival grolp. An ehit.
Many srchives aE adively.lgaging in th. ccation of$ddadiad aftl sh.Ebls Ecoils
b! cle'ring Machire-Readable Calulosuins (MARC) @tds ot En@ded Ar.hfial
Drszpl,br (EAD) Unding 6ids for their coll.crions and by forlo*ine code srhdads
such s dros found in Der.dbi,s .,lrchiyer: Cohtent 9a"dad (DACS-), unforlunar.ly,
don\ alway! neatly fil inro EAD or MARC. DACS males no omnenddion for thc
d*ription of objec, h4ly rfninS th. usr lo th. uninpl.moied Cbralogi,s
a,r!',/ ODje.rr (CCO) sr&dad (lcfiGy, 200t.
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