Core Concepts¶
The Reconstruction-Grade eDiscovery Standard introduces several concepts for reasoning about collaborative evidence — how it is created, how it decays, and what systems must do to preserve it with point-in-time fidelity.
These definition pages are intended to be short, authoritative, and vendor-neutral. Each links back into the normative sections and appendices of the standard where the concept is formally specified.
Concept Index¶
| Concept | Summary |
|---|---|
| Context Gap | The structural difference between how evidence is created in collaborative cloud platforms and what traditional eDiscovery systems can reconstruct after the fact. |
| Evidence Reconstruction | The ability of a system to deterministically reproduce what actors experienced in a collaborative environment at a specific point in time. |
| Reconstruction-Grade eDiscovery | An architectural classification for evidence systems that can produce a reproducible, point-in-time record of collaborative activity without relying on inference. |
| Modern Attachments | Message-level references to live repository objects via hyperlinks instead of embedded file bytes — and why they break legacy evidence models. |
| Identity Drift | The continuous change of a person's role, department, access rights, and organizational context over time — and why static custodian snapshots fail under temporal legal questions. |
How to Use These Pages¶
- Evaluating a system? Start with Reconstruction-Grade eDiscovery for the definition and conformance levels.
- Understanding the problem? Start with the Context Gap and Evidence Reconstruction.
- Investigating a specific dimension? See Modern Attachments or Identity Drift for focused definitions.
Each concept page links to the relevant normative sections, appendices, and evaluation criteria in the full standard.
About this standard. The Reconstruction-Grade eDiscovery Standard is an open, vendor-neutral specification maintained at github.com/cloudficient/reconstruction-grade-ediscovery-standard and licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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