E-discovery refers generally to the process by which one party (for example, the plaintiff) is entitled to "discover" evidence in the form of "electronically stored information" that is held by another party (for example, the defendant), and that is relevant to some matter that is the subject of civil litigation (that is, what is commonly called a "lawsuit"). This survey describes the emergence of the field, identifies the information retrieval issues that arise, reviews the work to date on this topic, and summarizes major open issues.

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电子发现的信息检索

电子取证通常是指一方（例如，原告）有权以另一方（例如，被告）持有的“电子存储信息”形式“取证”证据的过程，以及与涉及民事诉讼的某些事项（即通常称为“诉讼”）相关的内容。这项调查描述了该领域的出现，确定了出现的信息检索问题，回顾了有关该主题的最新工作，并总结了主要的未解决问题。