Terms and abbreviations

This chapter includes a list of terms and abbreviations with descriptions used in this user manual.

Table 1   Terms and abbreviations

Term/Abbreviation

Description

eDocument

Principal document, converted to the electronic format. PDF file of a scanned document.

eSeal

Is a confirmation of registration embedded in the PDF file (contains details on the signer, title number and other details as required).

LAVIMS

The Land Administration, Valuation and Information Management System

OCR

Abbreviation for the optical character recognition. Technology for extracting text from the image.

Printout

Document/deed registration result, generated by the system. e.g. receipt slip, rejection letter.

RGD

Registrar General’s Department.

Submission entry

Registration record is called "submission entry" until it is in state "In processing".