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Ad Litem Consulting, Inc.
Technical Standards
   Includes:
     - Load Files
     - Cost Codes
     - Quotes
     - For Vendors
     - For Firms

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Litigation Support Department
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   - Budget Spreadsheet
   - Needs Assesment
   - Case Technology Plan
   - Task and Check Lists
   - Member's Area Access

    

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Intro
Acknowledgements
License
Preface
1.00 Introduction
1.01 For Vendors
1.02 For Firms
1.03 How to Use This Document
2.00 Business Standards
2.01 Outgoing Media Kit
2.02 Cost Codes for Litigation Support
2.03 Request for Quotes ("RFQs")
2.04 Quotes
2.05 Weekly Updates
2.06 Color Blindness
2.07 Quality Control
2.08 Required Test Load
3.00 Technical Standards
3.01 Media Labels
3.02 File, Folder and Volume Naming
3.03 CD Content and Organization
3.04 Organization of Sub-Folders
3.05 Bates Schemes
3.06 Data Files
3.07 Database Conventions
3.08 Native Files
3.09 Project Specifications Document
3.10 Bibliographical Coding Manual
3.11 Image Format
3.12 OCR
3.13 Slip-Sheets or Unitization Rules
3.14 Video
3.15 Synchronization
3.16 Transcripts
3.17 Delivery Media
4.00 Software Specific Requirements
4.01 Casesoft Suite
4.02 IPRO
4.03 Dataflight's Concordance and Opticon
4.04 Image Capture Engineering
4.05 Summation
4.06 iCONECT
4.07 inData TrialDirector
4.nn Additional Titles to Follow
5.00 Examples of What Not To Do
5.01 Media Labels
5.02 File / Folder / Volume Name Conventions
5.03 Database
5.04 Media Content
5.05 Load Files
5.06 OCR
5.07 Opticon Load Files
5.08 Image Format
5.09 Transcripts
5.10 General Errors / Issues
5.11 Real Experiences

License - Technical Standards

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