Short for International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families. ISAAR provides general rules for the establishment of archival authority records that describe the corporate bodies, persons and families that may be named as creators in descriptions of archival documents.
ISAD (G)
ICA
Abbreviation for International Standard Archival Description. ISAD is intended to be broadly applicable to descriptions of archives regardless of the nature or extent of the unit of description.
Z39.58
ANSI/NISO Z39.508-1992
This standard specifies the vocabulary, syntax and operational meaning of 19 basic command terms for use with on-line interactive information retrieval systems. It is intended to simplify the use of on-line information retrieval systems by presenting a single, uniform command language.
Database Query
SQL
ISO/IEC 9075
Abbreviation of Structured Query Language. It is a standardised query language6for requesting information from a database.
Figure 5: Table of Selected Information Technology Standards of Relevance to Record Keeping (cont.)
Name
International standard or profile
European standard or profile
Other specification
Description
Database Query (continued)
ISAM
Abbreviation for Indexed Sequential Access Method, a method for managing how a computer accesses records and files stored on a hard disk. While storing data sequentially7, ISAM provides direct access to specific records through an index.
Encryption8 Algorithms9
DAS
ISO 8273
DES
ANSI X.3.92
Short for Data Encryption Standard, a popular symmetric-key encryption method developed in 1975 and standardised by ANSI in 1981 . It uses a 56-bit key10and is illegal to export Out of the US or Canada is BXA (US Bureau of Export Administration) requirements are not met.
Figure 5: Table of Selected Information Technology Standards of Relevance to Record Keeping (cont.)
Name
International standard or profile
European standard or profile
Other specification
Description
Encryption Algorithms (continued)
DSS/DSA
US Dept. of Commerce & NIST FIPS PUB 186
Short for Digital Signature Standard/Digital Signature Algorithm. It is used to generate a digital signature. Digital signatures are used to detect unauthorised modifications to data and to authenticate the identify of the signatory.
PKCS
ISO/IEC 11770-1: 1996
Abbreviation for Public Key Cryptography Standards. PKCS includes both algorithm-specific and algorithm-independent implementation standards.
RSA
RSA has become the de facto standard11 for industrial-strength encryption, especially for data sent over the Internet.
RSA is a public-key encryption technology developed by RSA Data Security, Inc. The acronym standards for Rivest, Shamir and Adelman, the inventors of the technique. The RSA algorithm is based on the fact that there is no efficient way to factor very large numbers. Deducing an RSA key requires an extraordinary amount of computer processing power and time.
Figure 5: Table of Selected Information Technology Standards of Relevance to Record Keeping (cont.)
