Conteúdo e contexto em normas de descrição arquivística: uma análise comparativa

Abstract/Résumé/Resumen

Discusses the archival description as an elementary function in the process of organizing and retrieving archival documents. It deals with the process of standardization of the description and the contribution of normalization to the retrieval of archival documents. It presents the processes that have led to the normalization and the respective Normative Instruments of Archival Description (INDA) international and national. It emphasizes the importance of content and context to be contemplated in its structure. It analyzes the fields of "Identification", "Context" and "Content" in INDA with the objective of identifying how two fundamental precepts are perceived to describe the analysis and synthesis carried out in the context and content fields of the respective ones. It bases how the context and content are contemplated in the INDA and weaves conceptual considerations about the analysis. It contributes to the understanding of standardization and consolidation of context and content issues in the Archival Representation process.