To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

arrange into groups or classes

arrange or organize by classes; order according to class

To arrange or organize according to class or category.

Classification is a method of assigning retention/disposition rules to records. Similar to the Declare function, this can be a completely manual process or process-driven, depending on the particular implementation. As a minimum, the user can be presented with a list of allowable file codes from a drop-down list (manual classification). Ideally, the desktop process/application can automate classification by triggering a file code selection from a property or characteristic of the process/application.

declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"

assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"