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Malta - Ministry for Justice
Donatienne Spiteri
donatienne.spiteri@stateadvocate.mt
Pillar I and pillar II have been implemented; pillar III has been implemented from a technical point of view, however we are still in the process of converting pdfs to htmls (requiring human verification), which would eventually enable the generation of RDFaS.
Malta legislation is published using the following URI template:
The base ELI URI pattern for Malta is https://legislation.mt/eli/ and follows the following format:
https://legislation.mt/eli/{type}/{year}*/{natural identifier}/{lang}/{format}
The {type} component indicates the type of legislation which can be "cap" or "sl" for Consolidated Primary and Secondary legislation or "act", "ln" or "lcbl" for legal publications representing Acts, Legal Notices or Local Councils’ Bye-Laws respectively.
Legal Publications include the {year} component, which does not apply to Consolidated legislation. This component portrays the year the document was published.
The {natural identifier} is usually a consecutive number applied for the specific type of document, for example the Chapter number or Subsidiary Legislation number in the case of Consolidated legislation. For other legal publications, the natural identifier is usually a unique, consecutive number within the year the document was published.
The {language} component points to the particular language version of the legal document. If language is not specified or the specified language is not available, the system defaults to the Maltese version.
Currently, the only valid value for {format} is pdf, however future enhancements to the system will provide for a variety of other formats such as html and xml.
Some examples of valid URIs:
https://legislation.mt/eli/cap - list all primary legislation>
https://legislation.mt/eli/cap/9 - view Chapter 9 in default language (Maltese) and default format>
https://legislation.mt/eli/sl/9.24/eng - view English version of Subsidiary Legislation 9.24>
https://legislation.mt/eli/ln/2015/433/mlt/pdf - Maltese, PDF version of Legal Notice 433 of 2015>
https://legislation.mt/eli/lcbl/49/2004/10/eng - English version of L.C.B.L. 49/10/2004>
We maximised the value of the ELI implementation by giving as much visibility as possible to our metadata, as follows:
1. The Timeline of the Laws of Malta.
The Timeline is informative, playful, citizen and human-centric. Its aim is to “democtarise” legislation, bringing the laws to legal professionals and citizens alike in a user-friendly, attractive way.
Design: Two-Level Design
2. Side-Panel Metadata Display
3. Advanced Ontology Search
By going into “Advanced Search” and selecting “Ontology”, the system enables the user to request specific information by making use of a combination of metadata properties, URIs and other values. For instance, a user may request to be provided with “All the Chapters that have been repealed by Act II of 2015” or “All the Chapters that are “Partially in Force””.
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Last update: 16/09/2022