Over the years we have keyword searched thousands of hard drives, e-mail stores, thumb drives, CD’s and servers. Using keywords to identify potentially relevant documents is a well established practice in the eDiscovery world. When combined with other methods search terms can be a powerful means for culling down a large dataset. When implemented improperly they can cause major headaches. To help on the path the keyword nirvana we have outlined 20 helpful (we hope) tips below.
False positive defined: A search term “hits” within a document but not for the meaning that was intended. For example, the term “comput*” would return “computer” (the intended term) but would also return “computational” (not intended). Computational would be the “false positive” term.
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Source: Bowtie Law
By: Peter Coons and Tom Groom
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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