Official Journal of Luxembourglegilux.public.lu
Challenges of the digital age:better access to legal information for EU citizens
Brussels 2017
John DannDirector of the Official Journal of Luxembourg
Opportunities
Modernise O.J. publishing Facilitate the accessibility and participation
• access to public Information ‐ PSI Directive
Further digitalisation of public services• enrichment of analysis for better decision making• exchange and interconnection of data
Research, Innovation and Development• towards an ”Legislative Open Data“
Increase transparency and efficiency• promote participatory democracy• better reflect the needs of users
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Old Legilux.lu and publishing method
Not user‐friendly• complicated search• user needs not met
Paper based philosophy • PDF only• lack of computer‐readable
information
Manual and time consuming process to publish
High cost due to externalisation
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Project “Casemates”
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Différentes théories pour l’origine du mot Casemates :
Origine italienne :« Casa », maison en italien, et « matto », fou en italien mais dans ce cas ce qui signifie faux.D'autres prennent « matto » au sens italien archaïque de l'obscurité, équivalent à l'anglais mats, comme opaque, rendant un « casamatta » une maison obscure servant aussi de prisons militaires.Origine arabe :« Kasaba », translittéré à « kasbah », ou « alcazaba » pour forteresse en espagnol.Origine grec : Provenant du mot grec « khasma », signifiant mines, dont le pluriel qui est « khasmata ».Origine espagnole : « Casa », maison en espagnol, et « matar », tuer en espagnol, faisant une casemate une maison dans laquelle meurtre se produit.
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Legal DataWeb‐based
XML editor
Electronic O.J. with legal value
legilux.lu
User Tools
ELI Open Data
From Draft to
Publication
Project “Casemates”
• Increase quality & reduce errors
• Efficiency• Swift publications • Reduce costs
Treaties
MetadataOntologyRDFXML HTML etc
Project “Casemates”
Rethink publishing methods Electronic version with legal value
• electronic seal – First O.J. to use e‐seal
Guarantee publication is done internally• Flexibility to publish individual acts• Increase quality and reduce possible errors
Fully integrate ELI User needs:
• consolidated acts with “point in time”• personalised alerts … 6
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URI structure based on citation
http://data.legilux.public. Luxembourg official Journal website
lu for Luxembourg
eli to show that it is a European Legislation Identifier
etat documents from the Government
type_Memorial type of the Official Journal : “leg” for legislation , “adm” for administrative acts
type nature of the act (law, decree, etc.)
year / month / day date of signature of the act (not date of Publication)
id unique identifier (sequence number or number of memorial)
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/{type_Memorial}/{type}/{year}/{month}/{day}/{id}
ELI URI based on FRBR model
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http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439 http://data.legilux.public.lu/el
i/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/html
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14
/a439/jo/fr/xml
Legal Resources
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr
Language: FRTitle: Mémorial A n° 439 de 2017
Abstract resources
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/memorial/2017/a439
Legal Resources published
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/rdf
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/pdf
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/memorial/2
017/a439/pdf
Legal Expression
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439 redirection
Manifestation
ELI URI based on FRBR ‐ Luxembourg
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http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/html
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/xml
Legal Resources
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr
Language: FRTitle: Mémorial A n° 439 de 2017
Abstract resources
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/memorial/2017/a439
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/rdf
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/jo/fr/pdf
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/memorial/2017/a439/pdf
Legal Expression
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439 redirection depending on information available
Manifestation
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/consolide
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/consolide/fr/20170630
http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2017/03/14/a439/consolide/20170630/html
Ontology: object properties legal resource
EUArticle
Consolidation
hasArticle
ArticleConsolidation
Draft
consolidatedBy
consolidatedBy
only metadata
Metadata and content
ActAbstractmemberOf
basedOncites
modifiesrepeals
Article
MemorialSerialMemorial
EUDirective
hasArticle
Agent
Transposition
signedBycounterSignedByresponsabilityOf
transposes
transposes
LegalResourceDocumentType
InforcementStatus
Administrative Area
LegalSubject
subjectLevel1subjectLevel2
inforcementStatus typeDocument applicabilityArea
LegalResource
NationalLegalResource
EULegalResource
formerVersion
basedOnrectifiedBy
isPartOf
initiatedBy draft
implements
isPartOf
isBasicActOf
memberOf
implements
EU Reglementation
hasArticle
basedOn
transposedEUDirective
resultingActtranspositionDraft
subject
resp
onsa
bilit
yOf
Codemodifies
AbstractCodememberOf
Collection
CollectionAbstract
memberOfintegratesLegal
Resource
Act
ArticleAbstract
memberOf
BaseAct
memberOf
Ontology: object properties ‐ projets
Draft
InitialDraft
Amendment
NationalLegalResource
resultingLegalResource (draft)
hasAmendment(isAmendmentOf)
TaskAtMinistry
opinionIsAbout
OpinionMinistry
OpinionConseilEtat
TaskAtChambreDeputes
TransmissionTaskAtSCL
TaskAtSCL
isSubTaskOf
OpinionProfessionalOrganisation
OpinionDocument
©◊
isTaskOfDraft (draftHasTask)
ResourceType
documentType
hasResultingDocument (isOutputDocumentOf)
Transposition
responsabilityOf
transpositionProcess (inverse of transpositionDraft)
amendmentType
Opinion
Work
TaskinstitutionInChargeOfTheTask
memberAtChambreDeputes
committeeInCharge
responsiblePersonpersonInCharge
rapporteur
incomingCorrespondanceIssueroutgoingCorrespndanceAddressee
PriorityLevel
priorityLevel
TransmissionMarechalat
LegalInstitution
Person
Agent
OpinionRequestanswerToOpinionRequest opinionRequestTo
LegalInstitution
possibleChangesOnLegalResource
opinionRequestIsAbout
otherConcernedMinistry
rapporteur
committeeInCharge
Event
isOpinionOf
StatusOpinion
StatusDraft
jolux:draftStatusConseilEtat
Controlled vocabularies
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Journal officiel Acteurs juridiques jolux:LegalInstitutionJournal officiel Historique des acteurs juridiques jolux:LegalInstitutionHistoryJournal officiel, traités Sujets thématiques jolux:LegalSubjectThemeJournal officiel Sujets organisations jolux:LegalSubjectOrganisationJournal officiel Sujets texte juridique jolux:LegalSubjectLegalResourceJournal officiel Sujets lieux jolux:LegalSubjectPlaceJournal officiel Types de documents jolux:LegalResourceDocumentTypeJournal officiel Statuts de mise en application jolux:InforcementStatusJournal officiel Statuts de transposition jolux:TranspositionStatusJournal officiel Statuts des versions jolux:StatutVersionJournal officiel Types de procédures jolux:ProcessTypeJournal officiel Formats utilisateurs jolux:UserFormatJournal officiel Liste des licences jolux:LicenseJournal officiel Type de rôle des agents prov prov:RoleJournal officiel Liste des utilisateurs Prov:Agent
Automatic conversion tool
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Convert PDF or .doc into XML and Provide automated assistance for metadata extraction
Create structures (sections, articles, paragraphs, etc.)
Include cross references with ELI URIs
Results for Structural Metadata
Five Codes processed so far: Civil Code, Commercial Code, Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, New Code for Civil Procedure
>20,000 structural markup elements• Including >5000 articles and >4000 cross references
~91% of generated markup is fully correct ~8% of markup needs tweaks (often minor) ~1% of markup needs to be manually inserted
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Casemates Back office – EurLex
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SPARQL
During injection of the XML, Casemates automatically retrieves all the data concerning EU acts