Monday, 22nd February 2010

Cornell U. Law School and GPO (Government Printing Office) Announce Pilot Project

From the Announcement: (1 page; PDF)

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and Cornell University Law School are beginning a year long pilot project to evaluate a conversion process of The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in XML (extensible markup language) format. The CFR is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government. The Cornell Legal Information Institute will convert various titles into XML and place them on the university's Web site for students to research. GPO and Cornell will apply lessons learned from this pilot project and share the information with members of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) to find ways of providing the public openness to government documents.

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"Cornell University Law Library is a recognized leader in providing outstanding and innovative information services and resources," said Pat Court, Associate Law Librarian. "As a federal depository library, we will assist the public and the university community with the expanded functions for tracking and updating federal regulations that are developed by this partnership."

Thomas R. Bruce, Director of Cornell's Legal Information Institute, added, "The LII will provide the technical expertise needed to create a high-value version of the CFR, with features that significantly extend its utility beyond current offerings." The LII has long been known for its expertise in creating lawyer-and citizen-friendly versions of the United States Code from bulk data created by GPO in older formats.

Note: You can access the CFR in XML files for the years 2007, 2008, 2009 on this page.

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