Akoma Ntoso

A markup language for legal documents. Example (source):

<point eId="sec_2__list_1__point_2">
  <num>(2) </num>
  <content eId="sec_2__list_1__point_2__content">
    <p>
      <def refersTo="#americaCupRaceManagement"
           class="definition">America's cup race management.
      </def>
      The term ``America<eol breakAt="4" breakWith="-"/>'s Cup Race Management''
      means the entity established to provide for independent, professional, and
      neutral race management of the America's Cup sailing competitions.
    </p>
  </content>
</point>

This can be rendered as normal text. Attributes like @number (not shown in this example) allow specifying a page number or line number for the elements.

  1. AMERICA’S CUP RACE MANAGEMENT—The term “America’s Cup Race Management” means the entity established to provide for independent, professional, and neutral race management of the America’s Cup sailing competitions.

TODO: relation to legal ontologies

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