What is meant by native format? How is the native format ...

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What is meant by native format? How is the native format different from a graphic image format?
 
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Question 2

ESI stands for ___________________ .
 
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Answer to Question 1

A native file format is a format used by the program that was used to create the document. Someone must have that program to open and view the document. For sharing files and forms within a law firm, this is an advantage. For discovery purposes this is a problem because files can be altered from their original state. Metadata is visible and would reveal these alterations. PDF and TIFF are graphic images of native file documents that cannot be easily altered. In TIFF files the metadata cannot be seen and the files can be redacted, numbered, and searched easily.

Answer to Question 2

electronically stored information