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Subject: Re: [legalcite-markup-discuss] Cross-walks to existing database systems
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Chet Ensign <chet.ensign@oasis-open.org> wrote:
>>> Another omission from the charter is discovery, reporting and mapping
> between existing legal metadata database holdings.
>
> There was discussion of that in earlier conversations - my take is that our
> work should support those use cases / business needs but we shouldn't try to
> propose how it should be done.
I'm wondering what the legalcite TC structures will look like. If they
are arbitrary flat records (item type + fields), a defined mapping
into RDF would presumably be needed to get consistent results with
systems that handle records in that form.
>
>
>>> It is unreasonable to think that existing metadata databases will
> covert their legacy (from a legalcite viewpoint) data into the model
> produced by the proposed TC,
>
> I agree - looking at their needs / structures strikes me as an important
> part of the process of developing a standard
>
>>> A journey into the sea of legal citations ... Perhaps it's age but
>>> setting out in a small boat
>
> I love the sailing analogy...
>
>>> PS: I can suggest some formal charter language if that would be helpful.
>
> Please do - that would help focus the discussion.
>
> /chet
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>
> wrote:
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>> Greetings!
>>
>> One post spawns another! ;-)
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>> While writing about the need to hold the metadata separate from a
>> citation in a text, it occurred to me that there are already databases
>> in existence now that hold such data.
>>
>> Those would be in addition to the legal markup systems I asked about
>> yesterday, which are not mentioned as being candidates for mappings
>> between legalcite TC markup and their markup in the charter.
>>
>> Another omission from the charter is discovery, reporting and mapping
>> between existing legal metadata database holdings.
>>
>> It is unreasonable to think that existing metadata databases will
>> covert their legacy (from a legalcite viewpoint) data into the model
>> produced by the proposed TC, unless by some happy accident the TC
>> happens to duplicate their data model.
>>
>> Additional items that should be explicitly included in the charter:
>>
>> 1) Mapping (or Crosswalk) between legalcite TC markup and at a
>> minimum, the highly visible legal markup systems cited in the charter, and
>>
>> 2) Mapping (or Crosswalk) between legalcite TC data model and existing
>> legal metadata data models, where available.
>>
>> A journey into the sea of legal citations is more likely to end
>> pleasantly if we can build a large boat (induce many of the highly
>> visible systems to participate in the TC) and secure our boat to other
>> boats (mappings/crosswalks to other systems and metadata databases).
>>
>> Perhaps it's age but setting out in a small boat, even with skilled
>> and adventurous colleagues, where a successful journey depends upon
>> others replacing their views with our own, isn't as attractive as it
>> might have been, once upon a time.
>>
>> Please respond on list.
>>
>> Hope everyone is having a great day!
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> PS: I can suggest some formal charter language if that would be helpful.
>>
>> - --
>> Patrick Durusau
>> patrick@durusau.net
>> Technical Advisory Board, OASIS (TAB)
>> Former Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34
>> Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps)
>> Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300
>> Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
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