Which file is commonly used as a load file?

A .dat file is the most common and conventional file format used for document-level load files in Relativity and the broader e-discovery industry. It is a delimited text file where each line represents a record (a document) and columns, separated by a delimiter, represent metadata fields. The delimiters are specified during the import process. While other formats like .csv or .txt can be used, .dat is the industry-standard extension for this type of file, and Relativity's tools are optimized for its use.

A. A .txt file can be used, but .dat is the more specific and common industry standard for this purpose.

C. An .xml file is used for specific import types, like the Native File Load Format, not for the common metadata overlay load file.

D. A .pdf is a document format itself and is the data being described by a load file, not the load file itself.

- Relativity. (2024). Load file specifications. Relativity Documentation. Retrieved from the Relativity Community portal. (This section explicitly discusses the use of .dat and .csv files as standard formats for load files.)

- Relativity. (2024). Importing document metadata, files, and extracted text. Relativity Documentation. Retrieved from the Relativity Community portal. (Examples and specifications consistently refer to .dat as the primary load file format.)