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Basic Terminology

Learn the basic vocabulary associated with our LegalSifter Review product.

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Written by Sara Octave
Updated over 10 months ago

We have compiled a list of the specialized vocabulary used within our product and Help pages to quickly introduce you to our product.

Sifter: A piece of software trained to read text and look for a specific concept. It reads novel language, learns from experience, and improves over time.

Guidance: Text that appears when a Sifter finds or does not find its concept language in a Document.


Ways Customers can use Guidance:

  1. General negotiation guidance = "Accept" or "Reject"

  2. Standard clause language they like

  3. Common arguments used to convince the other Party of your point of view

  4. Links to external help documents

 
Sifter Library: Online reference tool for our Sifters (read guide).

  1. List of all available Sifters

  2. Sifter specifications

  3. Examples of concepts identified by the Sifter

Sifter Settings: Administrative controls that direct the behavior of Sifters and Advice.

Document: A PDF, DOCX, or DOC file sifted in LegalSifter Review or LegalSifter Organize.

Document Type: A category of document such as an End User License Agreement, Consulting Agreement, Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement, Unilateral NDA – Recipient, Unilateral NDA – Discloser, General Terms & Conditions, etc. A document type will include the necessary Sifters for its purpose.

Document Type Template: A pre-determined bundle of Sifters, Guidance and Sifter Settings targeted for a specific Document Type created by an individual organization.

LegalSifter Document Type Template: A pre-determined bundle of Sifters, Guidance and Sifter Settings targeted for a specific Document Type created by LegalSifter for use by an individual organization that subscribes to LegalSifter Review.


Team Files: Internal customer reference documents.

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