Definition

Data or information in a fixed form treated as a unit. A record has fixed content, structure, and context.

A physical record may contain one or several logical records or a part of a logical record.

In the context of EO data preservation a data record is the collection of all data takes for a specific product type of an EO mission instrument and consists of the following components: instrument data, browse data, ancillary data, auxiliary data, calibration and validation data, and metadata. The data record, along with the associated knowledge, is a component of the data set.

Source

 CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS

CEOS EO Data Stewardship Glossary

NESDIS Data Management Lexicon and Related Terms 

Category

4. Data Stewardship words