Customer-Added Metadata

Data (any information stored on a computer) or work product created by a user while reviewing a document. For example, annotation text of a document or subjective coding information. Contrast with vendor-added metadata. (Data created and maintained by the electronic discovery vendor as a result of processing the document. While some vendor-added metadata has direct value to customers, much of it is used for process reporting, chain of custody, and data accountability.) Also see User-Added Metadata.