Introductory

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“Record”

The system configuration as presented here affects two distinct moments in the confrontation with the data. The initial recording takes place first of all in the field and, subsequently, in the laboratory, the museum, the library: the grammatical categorization is applied to the data in these various phases of the work, and it is the rigor and coherence of the criteria behind the categorization (the “grammar”) that make it possible to construe a global archive all the while the analysis is taking place.

The utilization of this archive is a distinct operation that does not, in and of itself, require knowledge of the mechanisms utilized in the recording phase. It is, however, the total conceptual match between the two that makes the whole endeavor possible. It is in this sense that the word “Record” is used – to signify on the one hand the data as they are being identified and assembled, and on the other the resulting construction as it is being consulted and studied.

The operational mechanisms used in the initial phase of recording proper are covered in a separate digital book. These pertain exclusively to the documentary or recording phase as such, and are needed when producing the archive during excavations.

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Archive, folders, files

Folders are digital entities that “contain” files. This is by analogy to a physical folder. (In fact, a digital folder points to data (the files) that are stored apart for the folder itself.)

Files are digital entities that “contain” data such as data, images, videos, etc.

The archive may be conceived as a super folder, that contains a set of folders.

https://techterms.com/definition/folder

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Digital books

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correlation of archive and publication

digital books label and directories

V, W, Y, Z as outside publication scoipe (digital books)