The goal of the EDRM XML project is to provide a standard, generally accepted XML schema to facilitate the movement of electronically stored information (ESI) from one step of the electronic discovery process to the next, from one software program to the next, and from one organization to the next. The ESI includes both underlying discovery materials (e.g., email messages and attachments, loose files, and databases) and information about those materials (e.g., the source of the underlying ESI, processing of that ESI, and production of that ESI).

Specific goals for the EDRM XML 2 Project are:

• Continue development of the EDRM XML schema for metadata
• Create a compliance validation tool
• Create a process ofr verification of compliance with the EDRM XML schema
• Develop protocols for numbering electronic files maintained in their native or near-native type (e.g., Excel spreadsheets kept as .xls or .xml files)
• Explore protocols for redacting files maintained in their native or near-native type and identify issues related to implementation
• Explore communication XML

On January 15, 2008, we broadcast the first EDRM XML webinar. Although we were not able to record it at the time, we have re-created and posted the content:

Anticipated deliverables include:

• EDRM XML Schema
• Documentation
• Value proposition document
• Validation tool
• Compliance definition
• Compliance verification testing - of approximately 20 organizations
• Test data set with compliance report