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

Any questions/thoughts?

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