Public records

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registration and identification assigned to an individual aircraft by national aviation authorities

systematic documentation of a single patient's medical history and care across time

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practice or discipline of controlling and governing what are considered to be the most important records of an organization throughout the records life-cycle

system of registration of basic vital records such as birth, marriage and death

register which lists all trade organizations registered in a given jurisdiction

database of domain names and associated registrant information

major newspapers that have traditionally been considered authoritative

inventory of the courses taken and grades earned

records originating with or maintained by a government and available for access by the public

requirement that a person register before they will be permitted to vote, or the process of registering to vote

copy of a document bearing an endorsement or certificate that it is a true copy of the primary document

OpenCorporates is a website that shares data on corporations under the copyleft Open Database License. The company, OpenCorporates Ltd, was incorporated on 18 December 2010 by Chris Taggart and Rob McKinnon, and the website was officially launched on 20th.

online repository of security features in travel documents

process of identification of a person, for security concerns

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Confiscation of personal documents to prevent refugees from returning

statistics on live births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces

MoReq2 is short for “Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records”, second version. It consists of a formal requirements specification for a generic electronic records management system, accompanied by testing documentation and related information. Published in 2008 by the European Commission, it is intended for use across the European Union, but can be used elsewhere. MoReq2 is generally considered a de facto standard in Europe but it does not have any formal status as a standard.

FADO (which stands for "False and Authentic Documents Online") is a European image-archiving system that was set up to help combat illegal immigration and organised crime. It was established by a Joint Action of the Council of the European Union enacted in 1998.

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