CF/MN/P.J/10.04/C                                                                                    APPENDIX C
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APPRAISAL for - Total Retention Time (TRT)
Percentage and Time in Areas*					

	
	IMPORTANCE: (of activity)		

	
      TYPE OF RECORD			
	FACILITATIVE
	80%	
	SUBSTANTIVE
	20%	

POLICY, PRECEDENT 			
	(5 oa + 5 as + rev)	
	(5 oa + 10 as + rev)	

 	"Intrinsically Valuable"
( 5%)		
	( 4%)	
	( 1%)	

ROUTINE, (TRANSACTIONAL)			

	
(60%)		
	(48%)	
	(12%)	

Administrative		
	(3 oa + 1-4 rc)	
	(3 oa + 1-4 as + rev)	

Financial		
	(3 oa + 1-7 rc)	
	(3 oa + 1-7 as + rev)	

Acknowledgment of Requests		
	(2 oa)	
	(3 oa + 2 rc + rev)	

Acknowledgment of Actions		
	(3 oa + 2 rc)	
	(3 oa + 2 rc + rev)	

BACKGROUND			
	(1-3 oa)	
	(3 oa + 5 as + rev)	

(15%)		
	(12%)	
	( 3%)	

TEMPORARY			
	(1 oa)	
	(1 oa + rev)	

(20%)		
	(16%)	
	( 4%)	

*  % =  
   oa = 
   rc = 
   as = 

See Also:		
Percentage (Guess & estimate) of total record volume.
Years in Office Area
Years in Record Centre (non-current record storage area)
Years in Archival Storage (vital and archival storage - security area, may be separate  part  of  non-current storage area)
CF/MN/P.J,  Sect. 10.01 para. 3  "Definitions@   and  Sect. 10.01 Appendix C, "Useful Phrases"