ABA and the "Universal Citation Policy"

[Robin Cover <robin@oasis-open.org>]

Thanks to Michael Neuren and Jim Cabral for postings about the early commitment

of the American Bar Association to "universal citation" [1].

I have attempted to represent and credit ABA in the background document

I wrote to support discussion about a possible new OASIS TC on

Legal Citation [2]

See at least these two references in the document:

"A Standardized Data/Markup Model to Support Neutral Citation of

Court Cases, Legislation, and Regulations"

http://xml.coverpages.org/neutral-legal-citation-data-and-markup-models.html#ABA-1996

[1996] American Bar Association (ABA) Resolution on a System for

Official Citation. Supplied by Don Bivens (Chair, ABA Standing

Committee on Technology and Information Systems) in the ABA

document of February 2003, per summary: "The American Bar

Association created a special committee to review the universal

citation issue in 1995. The Committee sought input from

throughout the legal profession, legal publishers, and other

interested groups. The result of their extraordinary efforts

was the resolution that the House of Delegates considered, and

passed, in 1996.** [...]

http://xml.coverpages.org/neutral-legal-citation-data-and-markup-models.html#ABA-Recommendation

[January 2003] American Bar Association Memorandum: 'creation

of an American universal system of citation for case reports,

statutes, administrative documents and other resources.'

By Ernest Gellhorn and Judy Kaleta (Section Delegates).

2003 Midyear Meeting Agenda. "The ABA Standing Committee

on Technology and Information Systems urges jurisdictions

to participate in the creation of an American universal

system of citation for case reports, statutes,

administrative documents and other resources upon which 

the legal profession relies... [JK]: The ABA passed a 

resolution in 1996 supporting a uniform citation and

specified a case citation format. [...]

If anyone has recommendations for additions to the chronicle, please

send me the URI references.

Cheers,

- Robin Cover

[1]  list messages

Emailing ABA Universal Citation Policy

ABA Universal Citation Resolution 03M101

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/legalxml-courtfiling/201309/msg00022.html

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/legalxml-courtfiling/201309/msg00021.html

[2] New OASIS Discussion List: Legal Citations Markup (legalcite)

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201309/msg00007.html

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201309/msg00007.html

Draft Proposal for a Legal Citation Markup Standard

http://xml.coverpages.org/legal-citation-markup-problem-statement-draft.html

http://tinyurl.com/legalCite-MarkupSpec

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:07 AM, James E Cabral <jec@mtgmc.com> wrote:

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Neuren [mailto:mneuren@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:12 AM
To: James E Cabral; legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: Michael S. Neuren; Ruth Bro
Subject: Emailing ABA Universal Citation Policy

Jim,

This is the official American Bar Association policy for Universal Citation adopted in 1996.  In 2003, the policy was renewed and further specified cooperation with LegalXML.  I will forward this separately.



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