> There must be some sort of technical standards that are used commonly in law > to prove the validity of data.
One would think so. But in my own experience as an expert witness, this has come up several times as an issue in my cases, and surprisingly this hasn't been as clear-cut an issue as I'd have expected. While I'm an expert on a fairly narrow set of specific technical issues, I'm a layman when it comes to evidentiary procedure, and I'm certainly not a lawyer. And, basically, the way this has worked out on several cases is that each side has made conflicting claims about the specific evidentiary value of some asset, a codebase for example, and the judge simply sorts it out (or, more often, the case goes to settlement without it even getting that far). It's very rare that there's actual "proof" that the facts are as stated. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
