Analysis and Development of a Methodological Approach to Structuring the List of Documents Regulating Science and Technology, Formed through the Activities of Federal Executive Bodies and Organisations Subordinate to Them

Introduction. The target of our research is the methodology of creating government lists of documents generated by the activities of federal executive bodies and organisations subordinate to them. The goal of the study is to analyse and formulate a methodological approach to structuring a list of documents resulting from the activities of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, as well as various science and technology organisations subordinate to this Ministry. Methods. Theoretical (analysis, synthesis, analogy) and empirical (document analysis, generalisation, classification) research methods have been used to achieve the research goal specified. The theoretical foundation of our research was formed by the works of Russian authors on the problems of archive management and archival studies. The empirical foundation, in turn, is made out of the regulatory legal acts that assign a specific set of functions to the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, acts that control the creation of document lists reflecting the activities of federal executive bodies, approved and valid departmental lists, and decrees by the Ministry. Results and Discussion. The study results in suggestions on structuring a list of documents generated by the activities of federal executive bodies and organisations subordinate to them, with mentions of storage terms relevant to science and technology. Methodologically, the creation of a structure for such a list is based on the results of analysing the lists of documents associated with other government institutions, analysing the functions of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, as specified in Decree No. 682 of the Government of the Russian Federation of 15.06.2018 (amended on 19.06.2021), and analysing the activities of organisations subordinate to the Ministry. To split the list into interconnected segments, we have developed a special principle for distributing the science and technology functions of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation across tiers and specialisations. Conclusion. Our study results in the formulation of a structural and segmentation diagram that will facilitate the creation of a list of documents resulting from the activities of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and its subordinate organisations, including storage terms relevant to regulating science and technology. The structural diagram of this part of the list has three sections, while the segmentation diagram has five elements. With the framework thus established, the list can be filled with content (specific documents).