"EDRM Approaches Mid-Year Meeting With New Website and Significant Project Advancements"
"The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project today announced that it is now easier for users to find the valuable research and standards created by the leading e-discovery industry group via a completely re-designed website, www.edrm.net. In addition, the EDRM leaders, Tom Gelbmann and George Socha, have provided updates to all of the working projects in advance of the mid-year meeting, which [was] held from Oct. 20-21, 2009, in St. Paul, Minn.
Advancements made by the eight EDRM projects in 2009, to date, include the following:
- Evergreen (launched 2007): [Putting] together a Production Pack ‘n Go PowerPoint presentation, which steps through the stages of the production process...[For] presentation and additional Evergreen materials [click here.]
- XML (2006): [Developing] XML schema that can be used...as a replacement for the multitude of proprietary load file formats out there today...For XML materials, [click here.]
- Metrics (2006): Version 1.0 of the codes scheduled to be released Q4 2009. Draft set can be seen [here.]
- Model Code of Conduct (2007): A draft Model Code of Conduct.
- Search (2008): The EDRM Search Project.
- Data Set (2008): An initial process flow diagram.
- Jobs (2009): A means to identify, assess, advocate for, recruit, on-board and retain the appropriate level of professional resources process.
- Information Management Reference Model (IMRM) (2009): Project seeks to facilitate dialogue among legal, IT, records management, line-of-business and other stakeholders by providing a common language and reference for discussion and decision-making based on the needs of the organization. For more information, [click here.]
*The EDRM details above were pulled from a release posted on the EDRM website. To view the full release and details, please click here.
