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Depends on the client’s needs but reviewers do not always have to be licensed attorneys.

It is determined through the custodian interview and data mapping.

The ESI sources that get targeted are: · Identifying Key Witnesses and Custodians · Determine Key Time Frames · Keyword Lists · Identifying potentially relevant document and data types · File storage · Email systems · Determine relevance of backup media, retired hardware and disaster recovery systems · Legacy systems · Cloud computing or third-party systems

Metadata is the info ration that describes the characteristics of ESI, e.g. sender, recipient, author date. This information is useful for documenting, loading data to run accurate searches and helping create a hash value for the du-duping process.

TIFF is the most reliable image type because it’s a portable, brandable and a static image.

Lotus Notes is an IBM client-server and used for collaboration and accessing email, calendars, and applications. The system is popular for manufacturing as it is extremely dependable and customizable. Lotus Notes (NSF) databases can be processed with a selected handful of eDiscovery platforms and may contain properties that exceed a standard metadata list. Operators typically map the databases to a relational database to ensure all of the values are identified and extracted properly.

Email messages contain two key sections that include the message body and the header. Headers include the email address of the sender and may or may not contain the sender’s name. Email addresses of receivers, the subject and local time and date of when the message was originally sent are a few other types of email headers.

The main issue with native files is the fact it can be modified when accessing them which will alter the metadata associated with the file. Altering the metadata may destroy evidence and the integrity of the document and may not be defensible in court.

Metadata is information about the document and can include the subject, title, author, company, category, keywords, comments, hyperlinks and the underlying templates used to construct the document.

Unstructured files such as Emails, Animation, Audio, Graphics, Instant Messages, Spreadsheets, Text, Video, Web Pages and stand-alone documents are the most popular types Structured databases are also popular and may include, Relational tables, objects, network, hierarchical, flat-files and XML objects