The concepts of office work and archiving in terminological standards: a comparative aspect

In the article, in order to identify the dynamics of the conceptual apparatus of the subject area of records management and archival business, a comparative analysis of standards for terms and definitions of GOST R 51141-98 and GOST R 7.0.8-2013 is carried out. The standard is characterized as a type of document that fixes special concepts, as an important lexicographic source that contributes to the unification and normalization of terminology. The properties of conventionality and definitiveness of terminological units, which are important for the process of standardization and determine the features of the term as a language sign and affect its unambiguous interpretation by specialists, are considered. The similarities and differences in the structure of the standards under consideration, in the body of special tokens that are used in professional communication in the field of records management and archival business are revealed. The comparison of the GOST R 7.0.8-2013 with the previous document resulted in distinguishing several groups of terminological units with regard to their semantics, which is expressed in definitions, and significance in the modern system of concept record management and archival affairs: the terms, which are not included in the standard as obsolete; the terms, which preserved the former meaning; the terms with altered meaning; newterms, the appearance of which is associated with the development of the professional sector. The factors that determine the dynamics of the term system of records management and archival business are established.