System for managing electronically stored information

One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, the instructions comprising a plurality of components for managing electronically stored information, the plurality of components comprising:

• an incident container component that contains incident information, the incident information comprising metadata relating to an incident;
• a relationship component that provides a relationship between the incident container component and a plurality of artifacts, wherein the container component derives at least a portion of the metadata relating to the incident from the plurality of artifacts;
• and
• an application component that performs an operation on at least a portion of the incident information, wherein the application component is configured to:
• receive, from a user, edited metadata associated with the incident, the edited metadata comprising one or more edits provided by the user;
• and
• search for an additional incident container component that includes metadata associated with an additional incident that should receive edits similar to the one or more edits provided by the user.

A method for managing electronically stored information, the method comprising:

• creating an incident container component in a memory of a computing device, wherein the incident container component is associated with an incident and contains incident information;
• creating a first sub-incident container component within the incident container component, the first sub-incident container component corresponding to a first legal action;
• creating a second sub-incident container component within the incident container component, the second sub-incident container component corresponding to a second legal action;
• receiving a first artifact;
• associating, using a processor, the first artifact with the sub-incident container component;
• receiving metadata associated with the first artifact;
• implementing an application component that infers a relationship between the first artifact and a second artifact, wherein the second artifact is stored in the memory of the computing device;
• and
• associating at least a portion of the metadata with the second artifact.

A system for managing electronically stored information, comprising:

• a server including a processor and a memory;
• a database coupled to the server;
• a container component configured in the memory, the container component configured to store and retrieve incident information from the database, the incident information comprising metadata relating to an incident, wherein the incident corresponds to a transaction or event giving rise to at least one legal action;
• and
• a relationship component configured in the memory to infer, using a classification based on the incident information relating to the incident, a relationship between the container component and a plurality of artifacts, wherein the container component derives at least a portion of the metadata from the plurality of artifacts.