RSMF Format Relativity Processing
Preparation and processing of short-message communications in RSMF (Relativity Short Message Format) for Relativity and other review platforms — preserving conversational structure, participants, timestamps and attachments where supported.
Who this service is for
For legal teams reviewing chat and short-message evidence who need it in a conversation-aware format suited to modern review platforms.
- Litigation teams reviewing chat-heavy datasets
- Investigation and compliance teams
- Regulatory and financial-crime lawyers
- eDiscovery and legal-technology managers
- Counsel standardising chat review across sources
What this service includes
- Conversion of mobile, Slack and Teams messages into RSMF
- Preservation of participants, timestamps and threading
- Attachment handling within conversations
- Chat data normalisation across multiple sources
- Date and participant filtering
- Relativity-ready RSMF exports
Typical data sources
We work with the data sources most often encountered in this type of matter:
- WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage
- Telegram & Signal*
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Chat attachments
- Short-message exports
Why defensibility matters
Short messages lose meaning when flattened into documents. RSMF preserves the conversation — who said what, when, and in what thread — so review is accurate and proportionate. We document the conversion method so the normalised data remains defensible.
How the workflow operates
- Identify the chat sources to normalise
- Process and validate the underlying messages
- Convert to RSMF preserving structure and participants
- Handle attachments within conversations
- Filter and quality-check
- Export Relativity-ready RSMF for review
Deliverables
- RSMF short-message datasets
- Preserved conversation structure and participants
- Attachments retained in context
- Relativity-ready exports
- Conversion and processing documentation
Frequently asked questions
What is RSMF?
RSMF (Relativity Short Message Format) is a format for reviewing short-message and chat communications with conversation structure, participants, timestamps and attachments preserved.
Which sources can be converted to RSMF?
Mobile messaging (WhatsApp, SMS, iMessage), Slack and Microsoft Teams, and other short-message exports where the source data supports it.
Are you a Relativity partner?
We provide Relativity-ready and Relativity-compatible workflows. We do not claim to be an official Relativity partner.
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