What is arrangement and description?

• Explanation of the basic principles
• Outline of traditional practice

How does Australian practice differ?

• The evolution of the series system
• An analysis of why it is different from other systems

Descriptive Standards

• Overview of the existing international descriptive standards framework
• ISAD (G)
• ISAAR
• EAD
• EAC

Australian Recordkeeping Metadata approaches

• An overview of the Australian recordkeeping metadata standards and current work
• Identification of how this links to traditional practice and international standards
• Immediate implementation options