The basic units of the case file classification directory are as follows:
1. Based on the organizer of the files, they can be divided into:
State agency files, social organizations Archives, corporate archives, institutional archives, family archives, personal archives.
2. Based on the content scope of the files, they can be divided into:
Comprehensive files and specialized files.
3. Based on the nature of the file content, it can be divided into: clerical files, personnel files, litigation files, accounting files, science and technology files, military files, diplomatic files, judicial files, economic files, industrial and commercial enterprise registration files , teaching files, art files, manuscript files, case files, census files, place name files, urban construction files, trademark files, patent files, real estate files, financial files, foreign-related project files, religious files, etc.
4. Based on the materials from which archives are made:
In addition to paper archives, there are also oracle bones, bamboo slips, silk, films, tapes, CDs and other physical forms. Non-paper archives; according to the way of information expression, they can be divided into text archives, audio-visual archives, etc.; according to the recording method, they can also be divided into ordinary archives (mechanical and analog records), electronic archives (digital), etc.
5. According to the period to which the archives belong, they can be divided into:
There are archives before the founding of the People's Republic of China (including revolutionary historical archives and archives of the old regime), archives after the founding of the People's Republic of China (including the archives of the party and the country since the founding of the People's Republic of China). Archives of various agencies, troops, groups, enterprises and institutions). The former is usually called historical archives, and the latter is usually called reality archives.
6. Based on the form of file ownership, it can be divided into:
State-owned files, collectively-owned files and individually-owned files.
7. Based on the language of the files, they can be divided into:
Chinese files and foreign language files. Chinese archives can also be subdivided into Chinese archives, Manchu archives, Manchu-Chinese archives, etc.; foreign language archives can also be subdivided into English archives, Japanese archives, Russian archives, etc.
8. Based on the field of production of archives, they can be divided into:
Archives in the field of social management, archives in the field of science and technology, archives in the field of medical and health, culture and education, archives in the military field, diplomacy Field files, literature and art field files, etc. The realistic types (not strictly logical types) that are generally recognized by people include clerical archives, scientific and technological archives, professional archives, audio-visual archives, electronic archives, and physical archives.