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Description

Documentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance, and use. As a form of knowledge management and knowledge organization, documentation can be provided on paper, online, or on digital or analog media, such as audio tape or CDs. Examples are user guides, white papers, online help, and quick-reference guides. Paper or hard-copy documentation has become less common. Documentation is often distributed via websites, software products, and other online applications.

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Organizations relating to Documentation

Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers / Liverpool, UK / Est. 1984
Association for Intelligent Information Management / Silver Spring MD, USA / Est. 1945
European Society for Textual Scholarship / Borås, Sweden / Est. 2001
Early English Text Society / Oxford, UK / Est. 1864
International Association for Sports Information / Belconnen ACT, Australia / Est. 1960
Ecumenical Documentation and Information Centre in Southern Africa / Est. 1987
European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation / Lund, Sweden
Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems / Rotterdam, Netherlands / Est. 1952
Ecole de bibliothécaires, archivistes et documentalistes / Dakar, Senegal / Est. 1963
Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation / Vienna, Austria
Judaica Europeana / Frankfurt-Main, Germany / Est. 2010
Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Est. 1964
Dokumentations- und Informationszentrum Menschenrechte in Lateinamerika / Nürburg, Germany
Centre international de documentation et d'échanges de la Francophonie - L'Agora francophone internationale / Sainte-Foy QC, Canada / Est. 1984
Centre for Documentation and Exploration of the International Language / Rotterdam, Netherlands / Est. 1967
International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers / Houston TX, USA / Est. 1971
International Centre for Study and Documentation - Istituto Paolo VI / Concesio, Italy / Est. 1979
Recherches et documentation juridiques africaines / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1995
Centre de recherche et de documentation sur l'Amérique Latine / Paris, France / Est. 1968
International Centre for the Documentation and Research of Basketball, Alcobendas / Alcobendas, Spain
Centre for Peace and Arms Control Studies and Documentation - Archivio Disarmo / Rome, Italy / Est. 1982
Documentation for Action Groups in Asia / Mongkok, Hong Kong / Est. 1973
Réseau d'information Tiers-Monde des centres de documentation pour le développement / Paris, France / Est. 1985
Centre de documentation Tiers-monde de Paris / Paris, France / Est. 1980
International Research and Documentation Centre for War Crimes Trials / Marburg, Germany / Est. 2000
Arab Centre for Agricultural Documentation / Khartoum, Sudan / Est. 1981
International Documentation Centre for Plastic Expressions / Est. 1963
European Cooperation in Social Science Information and Documentation
Fédération des associations d'archivistes, bibliothécaires, documentalistes de la Caraïbe
International Committee for the Publication of Documents on European History / Paris, France / Est. 1968
International Association of Documentalists and Information Officers / Est. 1962
Arab Council for Communication, Information Research and Documentation
International Association for the Development of Documentation, Libraries and Archives in Africa / Est. 1957
Latin American Society for the History of Sciences and Technology / Mexico City, Mexico / Est. 1982
West African Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists / Est. 1975
International Federation of Human Rights Archives and Documentation Centers / Budapest, Hungary
International Office of Fishing Documentation / Est. 1907
Commission internationale de standardisation du matériel sanitaire / Est. 1928
International Association of Information and Documentation in Public Administration / Est. 1983
Association of European Document Exchanges / Iver, UK
International Office of Hunting Documentation / Est. 1908
European Centre of Documentation and Compensation / Est. 1933
European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences / Est. 1963
International Bureau of Educational Documentation / Est. 1910
Sahelian Scientific and Technological Information and Documentation Network / Bamako, Mali / Est. 1976
Patent Documentation and Information Centre / Harare, Zimbabwe / Est. 1978
ICOM International Committee for Documentation / Lausanne, Switzerland / Est. 1965
SAARC Documentation Centre / Est. 1994
Centre international de documentation et d'information haïtienne, caraïbéenne et afro-canadienne / Montréal QC, Canada / Est. 1983
International Association for Organ Documentation / Kassel, Germany / Est. 1990

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World Problems relating to Documentation

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Calculated delay in publication of documents
Scientific misconduct
Historical misrepresentation
Film and cinema censorship
Deterioration of stored documents and archives
Records destruction by transnational enterprises
Tampering with physical evidence
Inaccessible religious records
Historical forgery
Secrecy of medical facts and records
Destruction of historic documents and public archives
Corruption of documents
Refusal to issue travel documents, passports, visas
Fraudulent acquisition or use of passports
Vulnerability of high technology systems
Foreign currency manipulations in accounting records of transnational corporations
Incorrect information

Action Strategies relating to Documentation

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Documenting
Microfilming
Reporting United Nations conferences
Producing universal declaration on sustainability
Producing declaration on habitat preservation
Monitoring human rights violations
Developing networked documentation services in social sciences
Documenting world resources
Maintaining library
Researching culture heritage
Studying marine pollution
Providing data base on states of emergency
Documenting population trends
Disseminating information on international organizations
Training information professionals
Disseminating information on remedial strategies
Disseminating information on human values
Recording trade in species
Disseminating information on world problems
Ensuring information system integrity
Documenting plant gene resources
Relating methods of human development
Documenting traditional routes
Translating texts
Researching oral history

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