CH-Gesetzesdatenbank CHLexML Project FEDERAL DEPARTEMENT OF JUSTICE AND POLICE Federal Office of Justice Urs Paul Holenstein Ardita Driza Maurer Omar Abou Khaled Houda Chabbi Drissi Mario Ramalho MISL, University of Applied Sciences of Fribourg

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 2 Context Swiss Specificities What is missing ? What is the solution ? Our approach Demonstrations Futur Works & Conclusion Overview

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 3 Context Federal competences Swiss Federal Institution Coordination service for the electronic publications of legal data XML technologies competences Mobile Information System Laboratory of University of Applied Science of Fribourg

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 4 Swiss Specificities 27 systems online (chronological and systematic collections)

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 5 Swiss Specificities Ru + It + DeItFrFr + DeDe 4 languages

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 6 Swiss Specificities Different classification systems (systematic collections) CANTONS USING MORE OR LESS THE FEDERAL CLASSIFICATION CANTONS USING DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 7 Swiss Specificities Numbers attributed to cantonal constitutions According to cantonal classification systems … ZG, SO, AR, SG BS I A/1/1 I A/1/1 GL A

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 8 Swiss Specificities Federal regulation Ordinance for electronic publication of legal data: - Gratuity - « Basic service » concept

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 9 What is missing ? Interoperable and exchange formats Efficient and distributed IR systems Chronological research possibilities Fixed, predefined and up to date URLs Easier comparative search of cantonal legislations Easier access to and better understanding of the law (the citizen is supposed to know the law)

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 10 Solution : Gesetzesdatenbank Common XML schema for federal & cantonal legislation Web portal unifying access to federal and cantonal legislation CHLexML Unified Portal

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 11 CHLexML Why a generic model ? –Open and interoperable data –Production of legal document CHLexML will be the federal reference –Each canton can have different models (translation)

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 12 CHLexML Specificities Swiss laws interpretation Workflow integration Multilingualism Centralized information Chronological storages

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 13 Unified Portal Why a portal ? Citizens centred services Data distributed Possibility of access to information from only one point Service integration

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 14 Unified Portal Each cantonal service manage his system and data

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 15 Technologies XML Architecture Office Suite (Office 2003) –InfoPath, Word, Smart Docs XML Native Database (Tamino Software AG) –Persistent storage for legal data –Extensible and generic model –Advanced Search (laws, articles, dates, …) Web Services –Approach solution for integration and communication of distributed system and data

Demonstrations

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 17 Demonstration 1 Scenario: –A secretary using an innovative system for the edition of the laws Solution approach –Editor WYSIWYG of structured, simple and intuitive form respecting a generic model. Demonstration Discussion

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 18 Demonstration 2 Scenario: –An agent wanting to recycle the data stored in a owner format towards an open interoperable format Solution approach –Structuring the documents according to the generic model Demonstration Discussion –Automatic Translation –Refining by a human specialist

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 19 Demonstration 3 Scenario: A lawyer wanting to check the update of the data in a document Solution approach –Contextual Help for the drafting Demonstration Discussion

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 20 Demonstration 4 Scenario: A citizen wanting to reach the information targeted in a base of a canton Solution approach –Unified Portal –Legislative Retrieval documents –Key word Retrieval Demonstration Discussion

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 21 Demonstration 5 Scenario: A citizen wanting to compare a topic between two cantons Solution approach –Unified Portal –Alignment of the cantonal laws Demonstration Discussion

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 22 Assessment Copiur Buletin publication 4 Macolin Juridical informatics seminar –Program LexGO demonstration CHLexML demonstration –Public Cantons and private companies Final Study

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 23 Future Work March 2005 Proposal CHLexML first draft to the cantons April / Mai 2005 CHLexML validation by the cantons July 2005 CHLexML Standardization Futur –Integrate CHLexML with the project of federal chancellery –Ontology definition –Implementation of the future architecture

Mario Ramalho Workshop on legislative XML 24 Conclusion XML technologies is the ideal solution to obtain –Interoperable legal data –Accessible legal data –Simple and powerful integration approach –Unified portal offering to the citizens a personalised and guided service.

Questions More informations : Urs Paul Holenstein Ardita Driza Maurer Omar Abou Khaled Houda Chabbi Drissi