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relative humidity, n. ~ The amount of moisture in the air, expressed as a percent of the maximum moisture air can hold at a given temperature.

relaxation, n. ~ A conservation treatment to flatten a document by exposing it to humid air.

release date, n.~ 1. The date when an item, especially an audio or moving image pro- duction, is first distributed to the public. – 2. The date on which restricted materi- als can be made available to the public.

relevant, adj.~ Law · Useful to prove or disprove some matter or fact.

RT: discovery, precision, recall

†265 (Skupsky and Mantaña 1994, p. 71): The duty to preserve records arises from the same sources as the duty to create them: statute, regulation, and contract. When the records relate to litigation or potential litigation an additional duty arises to preserve relevant material. Once records become relevant to a legal dis- pute, the fact that there was no duty to have created them in the first place becomes irrelevant.

reliability, n. (reliable, adj.) ~ 1. The quality of being dependable and worthy of trust. – 2. The quality of being consistent and undeviating. – 3. Diplomatics · Created by a competent authority, according to established processes, and being complete in all formal elements. – rely, v.~ 4. To have confidence in; to believe in. RT: accuracy, authenticity, completeness, diplomatics, promptness, suffi-

ciency, trustworthiness, veracity, verification

Notes: Reliability is a relative concept associated with authenticity, accuracy, sufficiency, completeness, integrity, consistency, and dependability. In general, reliability is synonymous with trustworthiness. It takes on narrower senses in dif- ferent contexts.