About West km

Welcome to West km, a knowledge management product that allows staff members at your legal organization to easily find and reuse your best work.

Working with Documents

Before you begin working in West km, it is helpful to understand the origins of documents and document metadata you will search and browse.

Files at your organization are stored in a file system or document management system (DMS) in their original format, such as Microsoft Word. From these locations, West km collects documents and document metadata to use in West km; for example, metadata from a DMS could include author, client ID, and date. During the document indexing process, West km analyzes these documents and extracts and tags significant content.

Both these types of metadata make it easier for you to search and browse documents in West km.