證據開示節次上 메타 데이터의 取扱에 관한 小考

The amount of electronically stored information(E.S.I.) has increased dramatically in the past two decades. Then E.S.I. is of more value in the discovery process than their paper counterparts, because they contain metadata which are information describing the history, tracking, or management of E.S.I.. Metadata is not apparent to the user and might not appear when a file is printed or converted image format. These characters may cause many problems in the present litigation process. However, there is little discussion about metadata in the civil procedure in Korea. On the contraray there were some official and unofficial discussion about metadata in the discovery process in U.S.A. And recently electronic discovery amendments to F.R.C.P. took effect to address the unique problems presented by discovery of electronically stored information. Yet the amendments discuss electronic discovery only in general terms, leaving the courts to decide how to apply these rules to specific electronic discovery issues. Reviewing e-discovery amendments and decisions of courts on metadata would lay the foundation for solving problems by metadata in the civil procedure.