Dictionary definition(s) for: office of primary responsibility

• n., The office given the formal competence for maintaining the authoritative version or copy of records belonging to a given class within a classification scheme.
  [ Archives - "Requirements for Assessing and Maintaining the Authenticity of Electronic Records." , Page: 217 ]
  Authenticity Task Force. "Requirements for Assessing and Maintaining the Authenticity of Electronic Records." Appendix 2 in The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. Edited by Luciana Duranti. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.
• n., The corporate body or administrative unit in which a group of records are created or received and accumulated in the conduct of its business.
  [ 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 office given the formal competence for maintaining the authoritative (that is, official) records belonging to a given class within an integrated classification scheme and retention schedule. The purpose of designating an Office of Primary Responsibility for each class of record is to reduce duplication and to designate accountability for records.
  [ Archives - Requirements for Assessing and Maintaining the Authenticity of Electronic Records , Page: 217 ]
  Authenticity Task Force. "Requirements for Assessing and Maintaining the Authenticity of Electronic Records." Appendix 2 in The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. Edited by Luciana Duranti. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.