CEN MetaLex

Specification

Sunday, 11. 11. 2007

Namespace

The namespace of the CEN MetaLex XML Schema and OWL specification is:

http://www.metalex.eu/metalex/1.0

To facilitate access to these schemas, we support content negotiation on this URI. Depending on the client used to access it, the server either returns the latest workshop agreement, the XML Schema, or the OWL specification.

Official Publication

CEN MetaLex is specified in the form of CEN Workshop Agreements (CWA), the official versions of which are published on the  CEN website :

CWA 15710:2007
Metalex (Open XML Interchange Format for Legal and Legislative Resources)
Adopted 6 December 2006
Published June 2007

Latest Versions

The workshop simultaneously maintains working copies of the latest documents on this website:

http://www.metalex.eu/WA/agreement
Latest version of the workshop agreement (Always FINAL)

http://www.metalex.eu/WA/proposal
Latest proposal for additions/changes to the workshop agreement (May be a DRAFT)

Historic Archive

Local copies of published documents are maintained here as well (oldest first):

CWA 15710:2007
Metalex (Open XML Interchange Format for Legal and Legislative Resources)
Adopted 6 December 2006

http://www.metalex.eu/WA/2006/proposal/proposal-20061115.html
Proposed workshop agreement of November 16, 2006
Adopted 6 December 2006 (partial and conditional adoption as CWA 15710:2007)

http://www.metalex.eu/WA/2007/proposal/proposal-2007.pdf
Proposed addendum to CWA 15710:2007
Adopted no adoption (DRAFT)

http://www.metalex.eu/WA/2008/proposal/proposal-2008.pdf
Proposed consolidation of CWA 15710:2007 and the 2007 addendum
Adopted no adoption (DRAFT)

Estrella Proposal

The Estrella project updated the 2006 proposal, taking into account some of the concerns voiced about the 2006 agreement. Read this document to learn more.