本文件规定了档案界为以下目的收集和报告统计数据的准则: -？战略规划和档案的内部管理； -？汇总和比较区域、国家和国际层面的运营和绩效统计数据； -？向利益相关者报告，如资助机构、政界人士、研究人员和公众； -？促进档案在促进学习和研究、教育和文化以及社会和经济生活方面的作用和价值； -？改善流程管理，加强透明度，支持良好治理。 本文件不适用于负责仍由创建或接收记录的组织合法保管的记录的记录中心，尽管一些档案馆也有责任评估、获取和管理组织的当前记录，这些记录可以或不可以转移到档案馆进行永久保存。当本文件适用于同时履行记录管理职能的档案时，档案可以排除与其记录管理职能有关的统计数据，包括与馆藏及其使用和保存、资金和支出、空间和设施、人员配备和管理有关的措施。

This document specifies guidelines for the archives community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the following purposes: —？strategic planning and internal management of archives; —？aggregating and comparing operational and performance statistics at regional, national, and international levels; —？reporting to stakeholders such as funding institutions, politicians, researchers, and the general public; —？promoting the role and value of archives for advancing learning and research, education and culture, and social and economic life; —？improving the management of processes, reinforcing transparency and supporting good governance. This document does not apply to records centres responsible for records that are still in the legal custody of the organization that created or received them, although it is recognized that some archives also have responsibilities for appraising, acquiring, and managing the current records of organizations that can or not be transferred to the archives for permanent retention. When applying this document to archives that also perform records management functions, the archives can exclude statistics that pertain to its records management functions, including measures pertaining to holdings and their usage and preservation, funding and expenditures, space and facilities, staffing and management.