<s>
The	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
are	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
authoritative	O
guidelines	O
published	O
by	O
The	O
Sedona	O
Conference	O
to	O
aid	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Canadian	O
legal	O
community	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
identification	O
,	O
collection	O
,	O
preservation	O
,	O
review	O
and	O
production	O
of	O
electronically	O
stored	O
information	O
(	O
ESI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problems	O
associated	O
with	O
e-discovery	O
in	O
Canada	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rule	O
29.1.03(4 )	O
of	O
the	O
wikibooks:Ontario	O
Rules	O
of	O
Civil	O
Procedure	O
specifically	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
in	O
referencing	O
Principles	O
re	O
Electronic	O
Discovery	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
that	O
this	O
rule	O
has	O
been	O
largely	O
ignored	O
in	O
practice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
largely	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
processes	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Discovery	O
Reference	O
Model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parties	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
agree	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
litigation	O
process	O
on	O
production	O
format	O
required	O
for	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
relevant	O
documents	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
discovery	O
process	O
(	O
native	O
files	O
,	O
pdf	B-Application
,	O
tiff	O
,	O
metadata	O
requirements	O
etc	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Issues	O
of	O
proportionality	O
and	O
the	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
Sedona	O
Conference	O
and	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
were	O
factored	O
in	O
to	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
grant	O
the	O
defendant	O
only	O
limited	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
York	O
University	O
v	O
.	O
Michael	O
Markicevic	O
Justice	O
Brown	O
specifically	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
the	O
parties	O
to	O
agree	O
upon	O
a	O
formal	O
e-discovery	O
plan	O
to	O
be	O
drafted	O
in	O
consultation	O
with	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Friends	O
of	O
Lansdowne	O
v	O
.	O
Ottawa	O
Master	O
MacLeod	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
principles	I-General_Concept
and	O
states	O
“	O
This	O
is	O
particularly	O
true	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
information	O
age	O
when	O
e-mail	O
is	O
ubiquitous	O
and	O
multiple	O
copies	O
or	O
variants	O
of	O
messages	O
may	O
be	O
held	O
on	O
various	O
kinds	O
of	O
data	O
storage	O
devices	O
including	O
individual	O
hard	O
drives	O
,	O
e-mail	O
and	O
Blackberry	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
of	O
the	O
Sedona	B-General_Concept
Canada	I-General_Concept
Principles	I-General_Concept
believe	O
they	O
should	O
address	O
system	O
integrity	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
true	O
history	O
of	O
any	O
file	O
preserved	O
cannot	O
be	O
identified	O
without	O
proof	O
of	O
the	O
integrity	O
of	O
the	O
electronic	O
record	O
systems	O
management	O
it	O
comes	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
