I'm the cautious type, so I'd be inclined to save metadata on originals.
To make use of a forms file, all it needs is a stripped copy placed in
the file, doesn't it?  Why not just make the copy and retain the
original with all metadata preserved?  People seem to behave very badly
in these cases, and being able to authenticate a crucial document seems
to be a reasonable requirement.  One woman's opinion.

 

Margie

Margaret M. deMarteleire

HR/FLSA Analyst

CDI Corporation

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Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Hi all,

Maybe it's the drugs, but for me the fundamental question here is what
part

of an electronic record is the record? Of course the answer is, "it

depends", but I don't know that the RIM profession NOR the legal
profession,

courts and case law NOR IT can say with any certainty that the scrubbing
of

metadata is, to paraphrase Ambrose Bierce, "felonious, excusable,

justifiable, or praiseworthy." I think this is a good forum to have that

 

Regards,

 

jesse

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> Dana, the first purpose of scrubbing metadata to repurpose
information,

> which, I am assuming will then have new metadata applied, strikes me
as

> being a legitimate business practice - somewhat along the lines of a

> form letter. However, using that process to further provide

> justification of a metadata scrub for "posterity" raises concerns, as

> this violates fundamental principles of records integrity and

> authenticity. It would be similar to erasing signatures from contracts

> for posterity.

> 


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