瑞士是个联邦国家。中央政权建立得较晚,而各州和市镇的自主权却在中央政权之前就已存在。1798～1803年的“海尔维第联合共和国”是中央政权的首次尝试,但以失败告终,接着恢复了联邦。只是于1848年从联邦宪法颁布起,瑞士才有了中央政权。所以,瑞士的档案体制确切地说是非集中式的,或者说是一种趋向于集中的分散式。 Switzerland is a federal country. The central government was established relatively late, but the autonomy of the states and municipalities existed before the central government. The 1798-1803 “Republic of Helvetica” was the first attempt of the Central Government, but ended in failure, then restored to the Federation. Only in 1848 from the Federal Constitution promulgated, Switzerland has a central government. Therefore, the Swiss file system is, to be more precise, decentralized, or rather a decentralized one that tends to be centralized.