Documentation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008395",
  "term": "Documentation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The act or process of substantiating by recording actions and/or decisions. See also ADEQUACY OF DOCUMENTATION.\n\n2. Records required to plan, develop, operate, maintain, and use electronic records. Included are systems specifications, file specifications, codebooks, file layouts, user guides, and output specifications. See also CODEBOOK, MASTER FILES, PROCESSING FILES, USER GUIDE.\n\n3. Description of the data collection activities sufficient to be able to evaluate the completeness, comparability, representativeness, precision, and accuracy of the analytical data sets; types of documentation can include sampling and analysis plan, standard operating procedures, field and analytical records, and chain-of-custody records.\n\n4. Description of the data collection activities sufficient to be able to evaluate the completeness, comparability, representativeness, precision, and accuracy of the analytical data sets; types of documentation can include sampling and analysis plan, standard operating procedures, field and analytical records, and chain-of-custody records. [EPA/240/B-06/002]",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "see_also": [
    "Document"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Records Glossary",
    "EPA/240/B-06/002",
    "Environmental Sampling and Analytical Methods (ESAM) Program Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/documentation/"
}