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Standards for data contents and data construction provide guidelines for the content of the data structures. . . . Many data content standards are guidelines, namely 'rules for activities that should be applied as consistently as possible but which, by t

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p. 509
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Standards for data contents and data construction provide guidelines for the content of the data structures. . . . Many data content standards are guidelines, namely 'rules for activities that should be applied as consistently as possible but which, by their nature, will not necessarily produce identical results even when followed.'

Citation Source: 
Weber 1989

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology