# registration (administrative)

the action of adding a name to a register

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: registration

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [register](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-register.record), [add](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-add.operation), [name](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-name.identifier), [action](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-action.deed)

**Through:** the action of adding combines a name with a register, resulting in the name being recorded

**Novel properties:**
- recorded membership
- formal inclusion
- authorized identification

## Examples
- The 1970 US Census recorded every resident's name in the National Register of Archives. *(institutions)*
- Debian GNU/Linux added package 'curl' to its official repository on 2002-03-18. *(computing)*
- A newborn's name was entered into the UK's General Register of Births on April 5, 1999. *(everyday life)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-registration.administrative*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-registration.administrative.json*  
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