O presente artigo analisa o novo padrão internacional de descrição arquivística Records in Contexts (RiC), proposto pelo Expert Group on Archival Description do International Council on Archives (Egad/ICA), por meio da sua aplicação experimental na série de documentos “Escravidão” e à luz das tecnologias Linked Open Data (LOD). Conclui que o RiC terá grande impacto nos princípios e práticas arquivísticas e no acesso aos arquivos.
This article analyzes the new international standard for archival description Records in Contexts (RiC), proposed by the Expert Group on Archival Description of the International Council on Archives (Egad/ICA), through its experimental application in the "Slavery" document series and in view of the Linked Open Data technologies (LOD). It concludes that the RiC will have a major impact on archival principles and practices and access to archives.
