Dictionary definition(s) for: creator

• See: records creator
• n., An entity that generates records in the course of its activities.
  [ Archives - Manage the Chain of Preservation , Page: n.p. ]
  Modeling Cross Domain. Manage the Chain of Preservation. http://interpares.org/display_file/ip2_MCP_diagrams(complete).pdf.
• n., In archives, the individual or agency responsible for creating, receiving, accumulating, or otherwise producing records or documents for which some form of disposition must be made once their archival value has been appraised. Also refers to the person responsible for producing an original work of visual art.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS) ]
  Reitz, Joan M. ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science . Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. http://lu.com/odlis/.
• n., Individual person, organisation or other body that generates records in the course of their activities (MG).
• n., The entity that is responsible for something's production, accumulation, or formation.
  [ General Dictionaries - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., The person or organization that creates or receives and accumulates documents.
  [ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., The physical or juridical person who makes, receives, or accumulates records by reason of its mandate/mission, functions or activities.
  [ Archives - Diplomatics: New Uses for an Old Science , Page: 122 ]
  Duranti, Luciana. Diplomatics: New Uses for an Old Science. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.