documenting
Making official records
Documenting is the process of creating a record or account of something.
You document events by writing them down, photograph scenes to document conditions, or compile files to document a case.
The emphasis is on creating evidence or reference material: She spent months documenting human rights abuses.
In software, documenting means writing explanations of how code works.
Converting to written form
- loggingRecording system events
- chroniclingWriting events over time
- notetakingRecording information for later
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
registering · cataloging · inscribing · filming · videotaping · dictating · capturing · detailing
Maintaining something's condition
- filingStoring documents systematically
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- repositoryPlace for storing things
digitization · classification · curation · records · retention · inventory · cataloging · conservation
Ordered historical record
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- biographyWritten life account
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- genealogyStudy of family descent
oral-history · testimony · manuscripts · scrolls · inscription · archives · legacy · lineage
Proving something accurate
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- proofDemonstration of truth
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
corroboration · substantiation · forensic · testimony · affidavit · timestamping · notarization · paper-trail
Mention of a source
- bibliographyList of cited works
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
fieldwork · abstract · publication · sourcing · annotation · references · appendix · ethnography
transcribing
Converting to written form
- loggingRecording system events
- chroniclingWriting events over time
- notetakingRecording information for later
journaling · registering · cataloging · inscribing · filming · videotaping · dictating · capturing · detailing · describing
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- filingStoring documents systematically
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- storageSpace for keeping goods
repository · digitization · classification · curation · records · retention · inventory · cataloging · conservation · vault
chronicle
Ordered historical record
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- biographyWritten life account
- memoirWritten personal recollection
genealogy · oral-history · testimony · manuscripts · scrolls · inscription · archives · legacy · lineage · heritage
verification
Proving something accurate
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- proofDemonstration of truth
- certificationAttestation of qualification
validation · corroboration · substantiation · forensic · testimony · affidavit · timestamping · notarization · paper-trail · sworn
citation
Mention of a source
- bibliographyList of cited works
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
- endnotesSupplementary citations after chapters
methodology · fieldwork · abstract · publication · sourcing · annotation · references · appendix · ethnography · observation
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- provingtesting, showing, confirming, verifying, validating
- software developmentcoding, programming, bug, debug, debugging
- business proceduresrecording, processing, approving, verifying, auditing
documentingerasing
Removing recorded marks
deleting · destroying · shredding · expunging · obliterating
documentingmemorizing
Fixing in memory
forgetting · ignoring · neglecting · overlooking · disregarding
documentingconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · covering up · obscuring · burying
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