On behalf of the Oasis/LegalXML/Integrated Justice workgroup, the following materials are presented as a proposal for a model arrest warrant document formatted in XML.

XML Arrest Warrant

09/05/2002 Note:  material below was published in September, 2001 and has not been revised.  Since then, considerable work has been done in developing a standard justice XML dictionary.

It is expected that the dictionary will be published at http://www.it.ojp.gov.  An early version is at http://www.it.ojp.gov/global/standards/files/xml_data_defs-0.1.0.pdf.

The Georgia Tech Research Institute has proposed substantial revisions to the dictionary that will be implemented by early 2003.  These proposals can be viewed at http://justicexml:justicegtri@justicexml.gtri.gatech.edu/jxdds/XML_Schemas.html.

The material below should be considered accurate in terms of general content, and suggestive of the structure of a warrant document.  The element names and complex structures do not (yet) conform to the dictionary, but the dictionary itself is a work in progress.  Also, all the national standards are now being defined as schema.

Materials:

The DTD for the XML Arrest Warrant proposal contains explanatory material, notes on usage, and the required structure for the data elements.

The OUTLINE for the XML Arrest Warrant proposal presents a high-level view of the elements.  This is perhaps the best view to get an overall picture of how the data elements relate to each other.

The ELEMENT LIST for the XML Arrest Warrant is an alphabetic listing of the complex and simple data element tag names.  The complex elements have been printed in bold type.  A cross-reference to FBI field tags is included.

 

Please post comments and questions about these materials on the SEARCH public forum:

http://www.search.org/publicforum/   Select the "Arrest Warrant Committee" topic.

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Gerry Coleman, Director
CRIME INFORMATION BUREAU

Wisconsin Department of Justice
Division of Law Enforcement Services
608/266-0872
coleman@doj.state.wi.us

Wisconsin CIB technical reference site