Sartor et al. on Legislative XML for the Semantic Web

Legislative XML for the Semantic Web: Principles, Models, Standards for Document Management (Springer 2011), a collection of scholarly articles on the use of XML and Semantic Web technologies in connection with legislative information systems, has been published.

The volume is edited by Professor Dr. Giovanni Sartor of Università di Bologna CIRSFID; Professor Dr. Monica Palmirani of Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche «Antonio Cicu» and CIRSFID; Professor Dr. Enrico Francesconi of Università degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica and ITTIG/CNR; and Maria Angela Biasiotti of ITTIG/CNR.

This is the fourth volume in Springer’s new Law, Governance, and Technology Series, edited by Professor Sartor and Professor Dr. Pompeu Casanovas.

Here are the contents:

1. Introduction: ICT and Legislation in the Knowledge Society / Giovanni Sartor
2. Legislative Information and the Web / Giovanni Sartor
3. ICT-Based Management of Legislative Documents / Giovanni Sartor
4. A Standard-Based Approach for the Management of Legislative Documents / Fabio Vitali
5. Naming Legislative Resources / Enrico Francesconi
6. Akoma-Ntoso for Legal Documents / Monica Palmirani and Fabio Vitali
7. Legislative Change Management with Akoma-Ntoso / Monica Palmirani
8. A MetaLex and Metadata Primer: Concepts, Use, and Implementation / Alexander Boer and Tom van Engers
9. Semantic Resources for Managing Legislative Information / Maria Angela Biasiotti
10. A Review of Systems and Projects: Management of Legislative Resources / Enrico Francesconi