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(!) The working group members are invited to post more information on the XML schemas that have been developed in their parliaments. Also schema files can be uploaded in this page.
AKOMA NTOSO 1.0
AKOMA NTOSO 1.0 is an XML-based document format for legislative documents in African countries, that has been developed by the Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, an initiative of UN/DESA based in Nairobi. More details about the background and rationale of this project and of the design methodology can be found in the AKOMA NTOSO web site
United Kingdom: Crown XML Schema for Legislation
The Crown XML Schema for Legislation provides a full and comprehensive encoding for all United Kingdom primary and secondary legislation. It has been written using the World Wide Web Consortium XML Schema language and is the Government's official and authoritative data standard for legislation. Once a piece of legislation has been enacted or made, it is stored using this Schema format. Schema compliant legislation is available in XML for onward supply to legal publishers and others. More ...
United States: Legislative Documents in XML at the United States House of Representatives
Under the direction of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on Administration, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House have worked together with the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office to create Document Type Definition files (DTDs) for use in the creation of legislative documents using XML. More ...
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