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On 19 May, the International Legislation UnHackathon was held at Hastings College of Law of the University of California, in San Francisco.

On 19 May,  the International Legislation UnHackathon was held at Hastings College of Law of the University of California, in San Francisco.

The attorneys and technologists participating in this event were able to familiarize with the notion of XML markup, and Akomo Ntoso was chosen as the XML standard to be used during such exercise. Once again a demonstration that Akoma Ntoso, thanks to the work and commitment of many people around the word, is gaining ground as emerging data standard for legislation.

Further to the guidance provided by videos realized by Ms. Monica Palmieri and Mr. Grant Vergottini, participants tried their hands at marking up legislation from California and a number of other jurisdictions. The feedback was really positive and the event followed online worldwide through Google+ hangouts, Twitter and legalhacks.org.

As Legal Hacking pints out: “with a little bit of mark-up, we can transform access to law and access to justice worldwide. Government transparency is missing an essential tool: transparent laws and legal structures.”

Legal Hacking will be hosting a series of future events on structured legislation, further promoting the use of XML format based on Akoma Ntoso in order to “make the laws more transparent, and lawmakers more accountable.”

To read more about this event:
http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/posts-and-resources-about-international-legislation-unhackathon/
http://legixinfo.wordpress.com/category/hackathon/
from Twitter: #legalhacks

 

To know more about future events:
http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/legal-hacking-is-a-movement/

More info on Akoma Ntoso:
http://legalhacks.org/Editor/Videos.html
www.akomantoso.org
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