Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by function]
8. records (documents)

Narrower term/s

• bidding documents[+]
  • bid forms
  • instructions to bidders
  • bidding announcements
  • bids (documents)
  • quantity surveys
• census records
• medical records
• property records[+]
  • conveyances
  • deed registers [+]
    • land registers
  • deeds [+]
    • mortgage deeds
  • land grants
  • plat books
  • deed books
  • tamrashasanas
• studbooks
• tax records[+]
  • tax bills
  • warrant books
  • tax returns
• travel documents[+]
  • itineraries
  • passports
  • visas
• vital statistics records[+]
  • birth records [+]
    • birth certificates
    • birth registers
  • death records [+]
    • death registers
    • burial records
    • death certificates
    • obituaries indexes
  • marriage records [+]
    • divorce records
    • marriage certificates
    • marriage licenses
    • marriage registers
• administrative records[+]
  • agendas (administrative records)
  • amendments (administrative records)
  • ballots
  • bylaws (administrative records)
  • constitutions
  • minutes (administrative records)
  • personnel records [+]
    • attendance records
    • job applications
    • résumés (personnel records)
  • resolutions (administrative records)
  • work-flow documents [+]
    • progress reports
    • progress schedules
    • project calendars
  • election returns
  • minute books
  • bills of mortality
  • black books (general lists)
  • voting marbles [NP]
  • [temporary alphabetical list: administrative records] [+]
    • packing slips
    • record books
    • work orders
• financial records[+]
  • estimates
  • appraisals (financial records)
  • audits
  • bankbooks
  • budgets
  • checkbooks
  • check stubs
  • mortgages [+]
    • hypothecation certificates
  • stock certificates
  • portfolios (financial records)
  • receipts (financial records) [+]
    • ticket stubs
  • trust receipts
  • financial statements [+]
    • bank statements
    • profit and loss statements
    • royalty statements
  • [financial records by function] [+]
    • bookkeeping records [+]
      • account books [+]
      • balance sheets
      • blotters (bookkeeping records)
      • daybooks
      • bookkeeping registers
      • cashbooks
      • payroll records [+]
      • accounts [+]
      • portage bills [NP]
    • credit records
    • insurance records [+]
      • insurance claims
      • insurance policies
      • insurance surveys
    • sales records [+]
      • invoices
      • purchase orders [+]
      • vouchers (sales records)
      • bills of sale
  • negotiable instruments [NP] [+]
    • commercial paper (exchange media)
    • orders to pay [+]
      • letters of credit
      • checks (bank checks) [+]
      • credit instruments [NP] [+]
      • bills of exchange
      • money orders
      • drafts (negotiable instruments)
      • dividend warrants
    • promises to pay [+]
      • acceptances
      • promissory notes
      • bonds (negotiable instruments)
      • tallies [NP]
    • credit instruments [+]
      • acceptances [NP]
      • promissory notes [NP]
      • bonds (negotiable instruments) [NP]
  • certificates of deposit
  • tallies
  • tribute records
  • quotations (financial records)
  • [temporary alphabetical list: financial records] [+]
    • receipt books
• legal documents[+]
  • bankruptcy proceedings [+]
    • petitions for bankruptcy
  • briefs (legal documents)
  • claims
  • contract awards
  • digests (legal documents)
  • judicial records [NP] [+]
    • [judicial records by form or function] [+]
      • decisions (judicial records)
      • subpoenas
      • summonses
      • writs
      • court rolls
    • [judicial records by provenance] [+]
      • civil court records [+]
      • criminal court records
  • legal instruments [+]
    • traffic tickets
    • affidavits
    • articles of incorporation
    • bonds (legal records) [+]
      • bid bonds
      • bail bonds
      • labor and material bonds
      • payment bonds
      • performance bonds [+]
      • surety bonds
    • certificates of incorporation
    • charters [+]
      • charter parties
    • agreements [+]
      • collective labor agreements
      • partnership agreements
      • contracts [+]
      • international agreements [+]
      • guarantees [+]
    • submittals
    • escrows
    • franchises
    • indentures [+]
      • articles of apprenticeship
    • indictments (legal documents)
    • powers of attorney
    • wills [+]
      • codicils [NP]
  • discharges [+]
    • discharges of contracts
  • muniments
  • customaries
  • [temporary alphabetical list: legal documents] [+]
    • legal bonds
• accession records[+]
  • accessions registers [+]
    • accession catalogs [NP]
• architectural records[+]
  • contract documents [+]
    • owner-contractor agreements
    • change orders
    • specifications [+]
      • base bid specifications
      • closed specifications
      • commercial specifications
      • master specifications
      • or-equal specifications
      • outline specifications
      • performance specifications
      • preliminary specifications
      • product specifications
      • proprietary specifications
  • project manuals
  • schedules (architectural records)
• shipping records[+]
  • bills of lading
  • manifests (shipping records) [+]
    • ships' manifests
  • waybills
• vital records (document genre)
• logs (records)[+]
  • ships' logs
  • Web logs (electronic records)
• paperwork (records)
• blanket orders
• electronic records (digital records)
• grave registers
• production orders