Open standards for law courts in Africa
Channel: Hasgeek TV
Date: 2020-06-08

Akoma Ntoso is a open document standard for judicial and legislative documents. Akoma Ntoso representations are in XML format of parliamentary, legislative and judiciary documents. The XML schemas of Akoma Ntoso make explicit the structure and semantic components of the digital documents so as to support the creation of high value information services that deliver the power of ICTs and increase efficiency and accountability in parliamentary, legislative and judiciary contexts. 

Akoma Ntoso is an initiative of “Africa i-Parliament Action Plan“, a programme of UN/DESA. In this talk, speaker Ashok Hariharan - who was involved in the making of Akoma Ntoso Standard - walks through the specification, and why courts across the world are using it. Ashok has been working in legislative informatics space for over 15 years.

Details of this session are on: https://hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/the-akoma-ntoso-standard/

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