Name

Comments

eli

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

Use of DCTERMS.ISO3166: 2 alpha country codes, e.g. ‘LU’

For international organisations, the registered domain name can be used: e.g. ‘EU’ or ‘WTO’

Agent

Administrative hierarchical structure, e.g. federal States, constitutional court, parliament, etc.

Subagent

Administrative hierarchical substructure, e.g. the responsible ministry

Reference

Year

YYYY

Various interpretations allowed depending on countries’ requirements, e.g. date of signature or date of publication, etc.

Month

MM

Day

DD

Type

Nature of the act (law, decree, draft bill, etc.)

Various interpretations depending on countries’ requirements

Subtype

Subcategory of an act depending on countries’ requirements (e.g. corrigendum)

Domain

Can be used if acts are classified by themes, e.g. codes

Natural identifier

Reference or number to distinguish an act of same nature signed or published on the same day

Subdivision

Level 1

Reference to a subdivision of an act, e.g. Article 15

Level 2

Reference to a smaller subdivision than level 1, e.g. Article 15.2

Level 3

Reference to a smaller subdivision than level 2

Level n

Reference to a smaller subdivision

Point in time

Point in time

YYYYMMDD

Version of the act as valid at a given date

Version

Version

To distinguish between original act or consolidated version

Language

Language

To differ different official expressions of the same act

Use of DCTERMS.ISO3166: 3 alpha

Field name

Description

Field identifier

Cardinality

Data type

Comments

Unique identifier

The number or string used to uniquely identify the resource ELI URI schema

id_document

1…*

String

See URI proposal

URI schema

Reference to the URI schema used

uri_schema

1

String

URI of the URI template schema

Local identifier

Local identifier: the unique identifier used in a local reference system

id_local

0…*

String

Act’s reference in the EU’s, country’s or region’s own terminology, e.g. CELEX id, national id

Type of legislation

The type of a legal resource (e.g. directive, règlement grand ducal, law, règlement ministeriel, draft proposition, Parliamentary act, etc.)

type_document

0…1

Authority table resource types

For European law based on authority table:

Resource types = class names in the OP’s common data model (CDM). For national and regional laws specified on the appropriate level.

Types of legislation are specific for each jurisdiction

Territorial application

Geographical scope of applicability of the resource (e.g. EU, country/Member State, region, etc.)

relevant_for

0…*

Authority table

Individual administrative units, taxonomy of possible values to be defined (NUTS taxonomy, two or more levels)

Agent/authority

Organisation(s) responsible for the resource

The European institution, other bodies or Member State or regional bodies, who initiated/adopted the legal resource (e.g. European Parliament, Luxembourg Government, Rheinland-Pfalz Parliament, etc.)

agent_document

0…*

Authority table corporate body

Based on authority tables:

Corporate bodies/ countries, if necessary extended to cover regional agents.

Record project

Subagent/subauthority

Person or suborganisation primarily responsible for the resource (e.g. name of ministry if applicable)

Service

0…*

String

Text indicating responsible ministries, DGs, etc.

Subject

The subject of this legal resource

is_about

0…*

Reference to Eurovoc (concept_eurovoc)

Eurovoc, national and regional extensions might be needed for areas not currently covered

Date of document

The official adoption or signature date of the document

date_document

0…1

Date

Format: YYYY-MM-DD

Date of publication

Date in which this legal resource was officially published/ratified

date_publication

0…1

Date

Format: YYYY-MM-DD

Depending on the Member State, the date of publication or ratification (signature of the responsible organisation)

Date entering in force

Applicable date for the resource, if known and unique. Otherwise use controlled vocabulary such as ‘multiple’, ‘unspecified-future’, etc.

date_entry-in-force

0…*

Date or string

Format: YYYY-MM-DD or string ‘unspecified’

Date no longer in force

Applicable date starting from which the resource is not in force anymore

date_no-longer-in force

0…*

Date or string

Format: YYYY-MM-DD or string ‘unspecified’

Status

Status of the legal resource (in force, not in force, partially applicable, implicitly revoked, explicitly revoked, repealed, expired, suspended, etc.)

Status

0…*

String

Free text

Related to

Reference to draft bills, judgments, press release, etc.

related_to

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Changed by

Legal resource changed (amended or replaced) by another legal resource (typically a newer version, replacement can be completely or partially)

changed_by

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Basis for

Legal resource (enabling act) enables another one (secondary legislation)

basis_for

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Enabling act/empowering act

Based on

Legal resource is based on another legal resource (e.g. a Treaty article, a provision in the constitution, framework legislation, enabling act, etc.)

based_on

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Cites

References to other legal resources mentioned in the resource

Cites

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Consolidates

Reference to the consolidated version(s) of the resource

consolidates

0…1

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Transposes

References to other legal resources that allow Member States to adopt relevant legislation

transposes

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Transposed by

References to other legal resources that have been adopted to comply with a framework legislation

transposed_by

0…*

URI identifier to other legal resource(s)

Expression belongs to a work

Association of the expression with its work

belongs_to

1

URI of work

Language

Language version of the expression

language_expression

1

String

Based on authority table:

Languages. Record project

Title

Title of the expression

title_expression

1

String

The name given to the resource, usually by the creator or publisher

Short title

Established short title of the expression (if any)

short_title_expression

0…1

String

Alias

Alternative title of the expression (if any)

title_alternative

0…1

String

Publication reference

Reference to the Official Journal or other publication in which the legal resource is published, identified by a suitable mechanism

published_in

0…*

String

Description of the act

A suitable free text description of the legal resource in the expression’s language (e.g. using the abstract)

description

0…1

String

Manifestation belongs to an expression

Association of the manifestation with its expression

manifests

0…1

URI of expression

If a link to a file is given, then the manifests element must be present

Link to file

Link to the concrete file (can be a local link)

link_manifestation

0…*

Any URI

Publisher

The entity (e.g. agency including unit/branch/section) responsible for making the resource available in its present form, such as a publishing house, a university department, or a corporate entity

publisher

0…*

String

In a given country often a constant