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AfricanLII : technologies for law publishing

AfricanLII : technologies for law publishing. Presented by: Kerry Anderson. Introduction. Freedom Toaster Jurispedia Annotators. The National LII. Public Engagement. Case Management Systems (ULII and KLR). The Judiciary. The Legislature. The free access to law racing car. Bungeni

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AfricanLII : technologies for law publishing

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  1. AfricanLII: technologies for law publishing Presented by: Kerry Anderson

  2. Introduction www.africanlii.org

  3. Freedom Toaster Jurispedia Annotators The National LII Public Engagement Case Management Systems (ULII and KLR) The Judiciary The Legislature The free access to law racing car Bungeni AkomaNtoso www.africanlii.org

  4. But this can work too … www.africanlii.org

  5. Workflows www.africanlii.org

  6. Law Report: Sierra Leone No electronic copy is available www.africanlii.org

  7. Old legal texts on the shelves in the Library of Parliament, Sierra Leone www.africanlii.org

  8. Legal Resources Foundation: Zimbabwe Case Register www.africanlii.org

  9. Legal Resources Foundation: Zimbabwe Follow up on judgments not received www.africanlii.org

  10. Functional requirements www.africanlii.org

  11. The system must provide: • Access • Search • Citation • Measurability/feedback Application of global metadata standards www.africanlii.org

  12. Access • Basic presentation of documents • Formats: html, pdf, rtf/doc www.africanlii.org

  13. Search • Site wide search • Intersite search • Interoperability: introduction of LII global metadata standards • URL paths (linking to LawCite) • Identification of key fields for metadata • Taxonomies, e.g. GLIN www.africanlii.org

  14. Citation • Media Neutral Citations www.africanlii.org

  15. Measurability/feedback • Awstats • Google Analytics www.africanlii.org

  16. Software www.africanlii.org

  17. We use: • Drupal CMS • + customizations www.africanlii.org

  18. Other requirements • Designed to: • Be hardware neutral • Be operating system neutral • Have an easy learning curve www.africanlii.org

  19. Public engagement www.africanlii.org

  20. Some mechanisms we have used: • Freedom Toasters • Annotator tool • Jurispedia www.africanlii.org

  21. Freedom Toaster www.africanlii.org

  22. SwaziLII Freedom Toaster Based in the High Court of Swaziland www.africanlii.org

  23. Annotator tool www.africanlii.org

  24. Jurispedia www.africanlii.org

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