Dear CRM and FRBRoo community In the context of ELI framework (European Legislation Identifier) ( http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli), I am looking for guidance on how to best describe "draft legislations" / "bills" / "legislative projects" using FRBRoo. This is my first time here, so please excuse me if this is not the correct place to ask, or the correct way to do it, and please let me know the best practices to do so.
The main things I am trying to describe are : - entity A : The whole *event* that resulted in the creation of the legislation (as published in the Official Journal), encompassing initiation, amendments, voting, signature and publication in OJ; - entity B : The corresponding "Parliamentary *folder*" / "Dossier parlementaire" (maybe "Bill"), that is the aggregation of all the documents that serve as a basis for the creation of the legislation : the successive versions of the act (modified by amendments, etc.), but also the impact studies carried out, the opinions given by commitees or chambers, recording of debates, etc. - entity C : The successive *versions of the draft legislation*, as the text goes through the legislative process (typically "text of the bill as initiated", "text of the bill after first reading in chamber X", etc.) - entity D : The *final legislation*, as published in the OJ, is alreadry modeled as a (subclass of) F1_Work. Here are some randomly picked examples on what we are trying to capture : - EU : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2017_332?rid=11&qid=1543826458822 - Ireland : https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2017/155/?tab=debates - France : http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/15/dossiers/alt/jeux_olympiques_paralympiques_2024#L15-VD184011CF My questions : - Is it fair to consider entity A (the Legislation Creation Event / project) as a (maybe subclass of) *F28_Expression_Creation*, that resulted in the creation of the Expressions of the legislation as published in the OJ (and their corresponding Manifestations) ? - Note that the creation of the final law may not actually succeed; the definition of F28_Expression_Creation states "This class comprises activities that result in instances of F2 Expression coming into existence." if no Expressions come into existence through this event, is it still fair to consider it a Creation event ? - Note also that we are trying to describe these events while they are not achieved, so we don't know yet their outcome; - Is it fair to consider entity B (the folder/dossier) as a (maybe subclass of) *F17_Aggregation_Work* ? the expressions of which would *P165_incorporates* the Expressions of the documents stored in the folder. - Is it fair to consider entity C (the draft legislation) as a *F15_Complex_Work* ? and each successive version as a *F14_Individual_Work* being a member of this Complex_Work ? or is it best modelled as an F14_Individual_Work with each version being an Expression ? - Note that the F15_Complex_Work alternative currently has my preference since : 1. each version undergoes a formal publication process by the corresponding chamber/assembly and 2. the intellectual content may vary from a version to another; - In the folder/dossier we need to distinguish the successive draft versions of the legislation (entity C) from other content (opinions, debates, etc.); Is it fair to link from (Expressions of) entity B to (Expressions of) entity C with a *specific subproperty of P165_incorporates* to distinguish this ? - We need to somehow articulate the activity with the folder used throughout the process. Is it fair to state that the F28_Expression_Creation (entity A) *P16_used_specific_object* the F17_Aggregation_Work (entity B) ? or is another type of link more appropriate ? - What kind of links (if any) can be drawn between the activity (entity A), and each of the document produced during this process (opinions, debates recording, etc.) ? these documents can be seen as both "side-effect outcomes" of the project (the main outcome being the legislation itself), and also "necessary objects" for the event to be completed; can P16_used_specific_object is also appropriate for this ? - Once the final legislation (entity D) is published in the OJ, we need to somehow link it with either the creation event (entity A), the "parliamentary folder" (B) and/or the (Complex) Work representing the draft legislation (C) : - I am assuming the links from A to D are those used to describe the outcome of an Expression_Creation : *R17_created, R18_created, R19_created_a_realization_of*; - Is it fair to state that Work representing legislation as published in the OJ (entity D) *R1_is_logical_successor_of* the Work representing the draft legislation (entity C) ? - What kind of link can be made from the "folder", conceived as the grouping of all the works carried out during the legislative process, and the final outcome of this ? is it also R1_is_logical_successor_of ? Thanks a lot for reading me and even more for your precious answers; I would be happy to provide more details, should you request additionnal details. Any pointers to helpful resources would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and Best Regards Thomas -- *Thomas Francart* -* SPARNA* Web de *données* | Architecture de l'*information* | Accès aux *connaissances* blog : blog.sparna.fr, site : sparna.fr, linkedin : fr.linkedin.com/in/thomasfrancart tel : +33 (0)6.71.11.25.97, skype : francartthomas
