Description:  Business units, committees and other groups may create, modify and propagate ESI without clear individual ownership. It is useful to think of these groups as custodial entities during the early Identification and Preservation processes. Such Organizational Custodians will usually have one or more Individual Custodians associated who are responsible for resolving questions and custody issues.

Metric: Organizational ESI repositories can pose a challenge to define relevance criteria and preservation methods. The metric is measuring the total volume of ESI and the time/effort required to preserve it.