authority file

noun Library Science.

a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.

Origin of authority file

First recorded in 1975–80

Words nearby authority file

authoritarian personality, authoritative, authority, authority control, authority figure, authority file, authorization, authorize, authorized, authorized capital, authorized version