Good day all,
Regarding the data elements, I raise the question whether we should include an item for the name of the document author. This may be a crucial bit of data in the case of a dissenting or concurring opinion, if that is the only item being
cited from a case. For majority opinions, it is surplusage for purposes of resolving a citation, but it may be useful otherwise.
Regarding the nomenclature for what we in the U.S. typically call a docket number, I have no idea whether that has a different name in other countries. If we want a more generic name, I suggest “internal case identifier” or “local jurisdiction
case identifier.”
Talk to you this afternoon.
Ken
Kenneth J. Hirsh
Director of the Law Library and I.T.
Professor of Practice
University of Cincinnati College of Law
(513) 556-0159
