Identification as archival function: brazilian scientific production and discussions

Abstract

The identification in the last decade has been presented in the area of Archivology, as an archival function that uses Contemporary Diplomatic and Typological Document Analysis as a methodology. When thinking about document management, two functions often appear as unique and individualized: document evaluation and classification. However, there are other archival functions that integrate document handling, as far as relevant to document management, storage and access, such as identification. Archival identification has its own characteristics that facilitate the application of other functions, identifying the producer organ and its administrative activities, the documentary set to which it belongs and its composition. Thus, this article aims to: identify research and trends regarding the archival identification function, considering its performance in digital environment. As a methodological approach, an exploratory research was adopted with the qualitative and quantitative approach, using the bibliographic survey to measure the Brazilian scientific production on this function. From the results, it was concluded that the archival identification optimizes from the production of documents all the documentary treatment, in any phase of the three ages of the archive. As well as, it was found that the scientific production in relation to the archival identification function is still modest and concentrated in a researcher.