Electronic Discovery consists of evidence (in the form of a variety of files- email, spreadsheets, word documents, etc.) stored in a computer. Metadata is coded information buried within each individual file. It can include the name, size, date, and type of the file. Metadata also consists of the structural information of a file: field names, columns, rows, length, etc. Information regarding where the file is located, how it is associated and who owns it can also be considered as metadata.
The computer systems and information storage systems have become extremely complex. It is difficult for any one expert to understand it all.
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