These guidelines provide advice on designing, constructing and maintaining a functions thesaurus to assist with classification and other records management processes in an organisation.
For further information about the benefits of classifying by business function and a comparative assessment of different types of classification tools, including a thesaurus, see Overview of Classification Tools for Records Management.
Appendices B and G refer readers to the Australian National Training Authority for information about the recordkeeping competency standards issued as part of the Business Services Training Package (BSB01). This information is now available from Innovation and Business Skills Australia.