Definition

• A physical object that is made or modified by human culture
• a three-dimensional object held in an archives
• a library or archival resource that has value as a physical object in addition to its informational value
• an anomaly in data that results from the methodology used to capture or analyze the data, or that was introduced or produced during a procedure

Comments

from NIST: A piece of evidence, such as text or a reference to a resource, that is submitted to support a response to a question.

Source

https://dictionary.archivists.org/

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words