Theoretical foundations of expert study of the XML office files

Authors: Lyadovskaya N.I.
Published in issue: #8(85)/2023
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2023-8-925
Category: Jurisprudence | Chapter: Criminal Law and Criminology
Keywords: theory of forensic expertise, forensic expertise, forensic computer and technical expertise, electronic data carriers, forensically significant information, office files, file format, XML format
Published: 27.08.2023

As of today, computer technologies are in one way or another introduced into all spheres of the society. Unfortunately, they could be used not only to simplify certain aspects of life, but also in the illegal purposes, when any achievement in computer technology is either used as a means of committing a crime or acts as its subject. To work with such evidence, it is necessary to involve a forensic computer and technical expert, who has the entire range of special knowledge required for this purpose. The article examines the so-called XML office files, which are the popular objects of forensic computer and technical expertise to acquire information available and forensically significant in a criminal case in order to detect, investigate and prevent crimes.

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