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The Parliamentary Metadata Language (PML) schema
XML Schema (PML)
Controlled Vocabularies
For example...
Sir James Craig
Referred to as:Lieut. Col. James CraigCapt. CraigCol. CraigSir James CraigViscount Craigavon
UK Parliament 1906-21MP for Down East 1906-18MP for Down Mid 1918-21
Stormont Parliament 1921-40MP for County Down 1921-29MP for North Down 1929-1940
1441 contributions to debates
Prime Minister of NorthernIreland from 1921-40Treasurer of the Royal Household 1916 -
1918Parliamentary Secretary 1919 - 1920Parliamentary Secretary 1920 - 1921
1163 contributions to debates?
A walkthrough of the schema
Controlled vocabularies<mads> <authority> <topic valueURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/id/proceedingsoutcometype/primarylegislation/actofparliament/publicgeneralact" >Public General Act</topic> </authority> <related type="broader"> <topic>Primary legislation</topic> </related> <related type="broader"> <topic>Act of Parliament</topic> </related> <note type="effectiveDraft">Effective</note> <note type="jurisdiction">UK</note> <note type="issuingAuthority">UK Parliament</note> </mads>
MADS=Metadata Authority Description Schema
http://liparm.ac.uk/id/proceedingsoutcometype/primarylegislation/actofparliament/publicgeneralact
Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
URIs will be specified for every item in controlled vocabularies, including:- Persons Administrative units (eg. House of Commons) Types of administrative unit (eg. 'chamber', 'committee') Roles/functions (eg. 'Prime Minister') Categories or groupings of roles/functions (eg. 'The Cabinet', 'Government', 'Opposition') Components of the Parliamentary calender (eg. Parliament 1979-1983, Sitting of 15 Jan
1980) Types of these components (eg. 'parliament', 'sitting') Outcomes of proceedings (eg. Acts, Bills etc) Proceedings themselves (eg. speeches, readings of Bills etc) Types of proceedings and proceedings outcomes (eg. 'second reading', 'act', 'preamble') Votes (ie. divisions)
http://liparm.ac.uk/id/proceedingsoutcometype/primarylegislation/actofparliament/publicgeneralact
Colonel Sir JAMES CRAIG I listened with the greatest possible regret to the speech of the hon. Member for Mayo (Mr. Dillon) both yesterday and to-day and I did so because I hoped that when the mantle of the leadership of the Nationalist party fell upon him it would be possible for him to take rather a different view than he had done in the past with regard to Ireland's share in the War.
The PRIME MINISTER: Certainly, and that control, I think, is exercised very judiciously. But, after all, we cannot take from these duly elected boards a duty which has been carried out?
MILITARY SERVICE BILL
1st reading2nd readingCommittee3rd reading Royal Assent
Divisions
Military Service Act 1918
Parliament 1918-22
Sitting 10 April 1918
http://liparm.ac.uk/id/person/person/craigavonjamescraigviscount1871-1940
The PML (Parliamentary Metadata Language) file
The PML (Parliamentary Metadata Language) fileUnits
<unit
ID="s-s001-v0001-constituencies-0040"
regURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/id/unit/constituency/londonderry1920-1929"
type="constituencies"
typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/id/unittype/constituency">
<label>Londonderry</label>
</unit>
<unit ID="s-s001-v0001-constituencies-0053"
regURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/id/unit/constituency/queensuniversity1920-1969"
type="constituencies"
typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/id/unittype/constituency">
<label>Queen's University</label>
<contributions>
<contribution
contributorID="s-s001-v0001-persons-0036"
type="constituency mp"
typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/id/contributions/constituencymp"/>
startDate="1921-03-12"
endDate="1924-04-17"/>
</contributions>
</unit>
Some sample linkages - proceedings
Preamble
Prayers
Report from Committee
Motion to introduce bill
Debate on subordinate legislation
Complaints of privilege
Start dateEnd dateType of object eg speechCategory eg legislativeStage eg second reading
Proceedings OutcomesAct, Bill etc
Calendar Objects
Persons
Contributions
<proceedingsObject type="act" category="legislative" calendarObjectID="hh-1980015-chronology0001.1.1" typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/proceedings-types/act" categoryURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/proceedings-categories/legislative" regURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/proceedings0bjects/0000018283" startDate="1980-01-15" endDate="1980-01-15" ID="hh-1980015-proceedings0002" proceedingsGroupID="hh-1980015-proceedingsGroups.001" stage="second reading" stageURI=”http://liparm.ac.uk/stages/secondReading">
<label>EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT (AMENDMENT) ACT</label>
<contributions><contribution ID="hh-1980015-proceedings0002.contrib.00002" type="speech" typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/contributions/speech" contributorID="hh-1980015-person0002"><label>Speech</label></contribution>
</contributions>
</proceedingsObject>
<voteEvent ID="hh-1980015-vote0001" startDate="1982-01-15"
endDate="1982-01-15" startTime="14:00:00" endTime="14:30:00" regURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/votes/1980011501" proceedingsObjectID="hh-1980015-proceedings0002" chronologyID="hh-1980015-chronology0001.1.1" type="division" typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/voteEvents/division"><identifier type="division number" typeURI="
http://liparm.ac.uk/localIdentifiers/divisionNumber">128</identifier><options>
<option type="yes" regURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/votingOptions/yes" sponsorIDS="hh-1980015-groupings.1" sponsorType="three-line whip" sponsorTypeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/votesupporttypes/threelinewhip"><label>Ayes</label><vote voterID="hh-1980015-person0001">Thatcher, Margaret</vote><vote voterID="hh-1980015-person0002">Alexander, Richard</vote>
</option>
<contributions><contribution ID="hh-1980015-voteevent.001.contrib.00001" type="teller for ayes" typeURI="http://liparm.ac.uk/contributions/teller-aye" contributorID="hh-1980015-person0002"/>
</contributions>
Colonel Sir JAMES CRAIG I listened with the greatest possible regret to the speech of the hon. Member for Mayo (Mr. Dillon) both yesterday and to-day and I did so because I hoped that when the mantle of the leadership of the Nationalist party fell upon him it would be possible for him to take rather a different view than he had done in the past with regard to Ireland's share in the War.
The PRIME MINISTER: Certainly, and that control, I think, is exercised very judiciously. But, after all, we cannot take from these duly elected boards a duty which has been carried out?
MILITARY SERVICE BILL
1st reading2nd readingCommittee3rd reading Royal Assent
DivisionsMilitary Service Act 1918
Parliament 1918-22Sitting 10 April 1918
Links between records
Westminster Hansard
Stormont Hansard
http://liparm.ac.uk/id/person/person/craigavonjamescraigviscount1871-1940
A cataloguing and analytical tool
A cataloguing and analytical tool
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