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Technical Presentation at American Academy of Forensic Science

Data Unlimited International, Inc. (DUII), Maryland, USA –February 13, 2002– DUII will present 'A Method of Quality Assurance Using Digital Network Architecture' at Breakfast Seminar #6 on February 14, 2002 of the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS) 54th Annual Meeting in Atlanta Georgia, USA.  

The method is based on the conception of Electronic Case Folder (ECF)  -  the organization of DNA laboratory data in a logical sequence.  ECF allows to store data and data processing information -  who, where, when, how and what was performed on data addition or  modification. This conception is realized in both database design  and application's business rules that are generally implemented in  a graphical user interface. ECF data are: initial package of  forensic DNA samples, laboratory specimens, chain of custody,  processing methods, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), processing  results, notes, reports and peer reviews. SOP is a set of  instructions of which text is for laboratory scientists and  directives are commands to issue to computer. Major characteristics  of the ECF are the access rules, the rule of data classification,  the rule of numerating ECF contents, the rules of the content  modification and the rules of the data archiving/retrieving. ECF  archival and retrieval completes the life cycle of electronic  records and enable the reproduction of DNA scientific evidence.  Furthermore, The method shall allow selecting and generating the  printed output of text, number and images from the content of ECF  for the courtroom testimony.

The technical presentation document will be available after February 15, 2002 upon request.

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