Jusletter IT

The semantic representation of legal texts has for a long time been a significant object of research. Approaches from both, software engineering and semantic modeling, have led to impressive results. However, some gaps still remain. The paper tries to bridge one of these gaps between the two approaches, namely the one between generalizability and applicability. For this purpose, a hybrid framework for drafting and modeling legislation is being presented, which consists of a semantic base model and a matching general development process. This framework then was tested in an extensive case study, which is also part of this paper.