Re: [legalxml-sc] [Fwd: [legalxml-comment] [Announcement] MetaLex: anOpen XML Standard forLegal Sources]

John -  I saw this this morning and looked it over briefly. I'll spend more time with it.  Here are some initial impressions. It appears to involve legislative documents rather than the kinds of court documents we have been focusing on.  It uses XML schema rather than a DTD and contemplates the use of RDF.  Some of the overall approaches appear broadly similar to what we have been proposing in connection with Court Document 1.1. It contemplates easily incorporating other XML vocabularies. It breaks the body of a document into structural parts (named article, part, sentence, etc.) in a way that resembles the use of similar structural elements in CD 1.1 (paragraphGroup, paragraph, phrase, etc.).  The MetaLex effort is worth a good look and may be particularly helpful in connection with future versions of an XML Court Document spec.
I have signed up for the MetaLex discussion list.  I'll provide more details after I have a chance to make a more thorough review.  Rolly Chambers