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"10 Critical Computer Skills Every Attorney Should Know - Understanding Metadata"

This post was written by Adriana Linares: "Metadata itself isn't a "skill" or a feature you need to sit down and learn. It is a responsibility and an important side-effect of technology that you need to understand and be able to discuss intelligently with your fellow attorneys, staff and clients. An entire book could be used to discuss metadata - we won't do that here but we will point you to some resources that will quickly and simply explain the ins and outs. Information considered "meta data" can include but is not limited to:

• User name and computer name
• Comments and tracked changes that may not be displayed
• Hidden text, worksheets, data columns, and data rows

 Just what is it and where does it live?..."

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Source: I Heart Tech, (no date given), reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on May 04, 2010 (boomark / email).