Sean McGrath of Proplyon — and a member of our community — has posted Towards a Bill Status Data Model, in The NIEM EDemocracy Initiative (NEI) Google Group. In this post, Mr. McGrath sets out “5 possible approaches to a 50-state bill status data model” for U.S. states. The post also contains descriptions of typicalRead… Read more »
Sean McGrath of Proplyon — and a member of our community — has launched a new legal technology project: The NIEM EDemocracy Initiative (NEI). The goal of NEI appears to be to develop “technological standards based on the” U.S. National Information Exchange Model (NIEM), as applied particularly to law-related e-government functions. Mr. McGrath’s post entitledRead… Read more »
A new, second beta version of the Stand Alone Wayfarer for the National Information Exchange Model — abbreviated NIEM SAW — has been released on the Website of the National Center for State Courts. According to consultant Tom Carlson, NIEM SAW is a tool for exploring and searching NIEM, an XML data interchange standard forRead… Read more »