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Using open format XML/AKOMA NTOSO to promote transparency

Parliaments on the Net X. Using open format XML/AKOMA NTOSO to promote transparency. Joao Viegas Abreu - abreuj@un.org Global Centre for ICT in Parliament/UNDESA. Agenda. UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs): Projects for promoting transparency

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Using open format XML/AKOMA NTOSO to promote transparency

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  1. Parliaments on the Net X Using open format XML/AKOMA NTOSO to promote transparency Joao Viegas Abreu - abreuj@un.org Global Centre for ICT in Parliament/UNDESA

  2. Agenda • UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs): Projects for promoting transparency • The Global Centre for ICT in Parliament • APKN - Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network • Events on open standards for parliamentary documents organized in collaboration with the Global Centre, in 2012 • BUNGENI: parliamentary and legislative information system based on open source software • AKOMA NTOSO: open source solution for drafting and publishing legislative and parliamentary documents • Organizations using AkomaNtoso Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

  3. UNDESA Projects for promoting transparency • Use of ICT to increase transparency, good governance and democracy • Reinforce the role of parliaments in establishing inclusive information society • Increase citizens' access to parliaments activities and documentation Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

  4. Seminars, Workshop and Conferences for strengthening cooperation among Parliaments Main activities of the Global Centre • 2007 Geneve • 2008 Brussels • 2009 Washington • 2010 Johannesburg Inclusive Information Society World eParliament Conferences Training Global Survey World e-Parliament Report Parliamentary Knowledge Network Technical assistance experts’ database ICT assessment And Strategic Planning for Parliamenents in Africa, Caribbe, Middle East, Asia and East Europe Technical Cooperation Program ICT assessment and Strategic Planning Parliaments on the Net X – MADRID

  5. Events on open standards for parliamentary documents organized in collaboration with the Global Centre • Achieving Greater Transparency in Legislatures through the Use of Open Document Standards (US House of Representatives , Washington, Feb. 2012); • International workshop: Identifying benefits deriving from the adoption of XML-based chains for drafting legislation (EP, Brussels, 3-4 May 2012); • Connected Parliaments - Introduction to Legislative XML“ (Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, Brasilia, 4-6 June 2012) Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

  6. Main activities of the Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network (APKN) • BUNGENI Parliamentary and Legislative Information System that aims at making parliaments more transparent, open and accessible to citizens (www.bungeni.org) • AKOMA NTOSO An open source applications that provides a leading solution for drafting, managing, consolidating and publishing legislative and other parliamentary documents (www.akomantoso.org) Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

  7. AKOMA NTOSO - www.akomantoso.org • Defines a “machine readable” set of simple technology-neutral electronic representations (in XML format) of parliamentary, legislative and judiciary documents. • Akoma Ntoso XML schemas make “visible” the structure and semantic components of relevant digital documents aiming to increase efficiency and accountability in the parliamentary, legislative and judiciary contexts. Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

  8. AkomaNtoso structure <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><akomaNtoso><act contains="originalVersion"><meta> … </meta><preface> … </preface><preamble> …</preamble><body> …. </body> <conclusions> … </conclusions> </act> </akomaNtoso> Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

  9. Organizations using AkomaNtoso • The European Parliament • Brazilian Chamber of Deputies: is currently implementing a schema which is derived from Akoma Ntoso • The National Council of Law Reporting (NCLR) in Kenya : is migrating all national legislation to Akoma Ntoso format (a project funded by the world bank) • Akoma Ntoso is now in the process of standardization in OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) • Akoma Ntoso principles (video) Parliaments on the Net X - MADRID

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