documentation
doc.u.men.ta.tion \.da:k-y*-m*n-'ta--sh*n, -.men-\ n 1: the act or an instance of furnishing or authenticating with documents 2a: the provision of documents in substantiation; also : documentar y evidence 2b1: the use of historical documents 2b2: conformity to historical or objective facts 2b3: the provision of footnotes, appendices, or addenda referring to or con taining documentary evidence 3: the assembling, coding, and disseminating of recorded knowledge treated as an integral procedure
Webster's English Dictionary