OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing TC
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Using XML to create and transmit legal documents among attorneys, courts, litigants, and others.

Ron Bowmaster, ronb@email.utcourts.gov, Chair
George Knecht, george@pcintellect.com, Secretary
Robin Gibson, robin.gibson@courts.mo.gov, Secretary
Mary McRae, mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org, OASIS Staff Contact

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Announcements

The next Court Filing Technical Committee meeting is TBA via teleconference at TBA. Feel free to dial in as an observer at (218) 486-1300, conference code 936378.

The Electronic Court Filing 4.0 specification was approved by the Technical Committee as a committee draft. To see the 4.0 specification go to: 4.0 Committee Draft. In addition, you may view the 4.0 Web Services Service Interaction Profile by clicking here, or the 4.0 Portable Media Service Interaction Profile by clicking here.

Look for the ECF Special Interest Group session at CTC 2009. More info to come.

Check out the ECF Forum and communicate with other ECF implementors.


Overview

The OASIS Electronic Court Filing TC will develop specifications for the use of XML to create legal documents and to transmit legal documents from an attorney, party or self-represented litigant to a court, from a court to an attorney, party or self-represented litigant or to another court, and from an attorney or other user to another attorney or other user of legal documents.

For more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ


ECF Quick Start Guide

To gain a simple understanding of the ECF specification, and easily understand what is required to implement ECF in your enviroment, check out the 7 Steps to Electronic Filing with Electronic Court Filing 4.0.

  • Standardize integration methods in your e-Filing implementation with XML
  • Integrate with any potential e-Filing Service Provider or share e-Filing data between systems or with partners
  • Setup a single method of processing data related to e-Filing
  • Find out how to implement legal service in your e-Filing application

In the software industry today, and especially in the global justice space, there continues to be a strong movement toward the standardization of data definition and exchange methods, and it is often the desire of administrators and technologists throughout federal, state, local, and tribal governments to apply those standards. In reality, however, it is often overwhelming to review and fully comprehend the documentation accompanying those standards. This document attempts to minimize that factor for the OASIS Electronic Court Filing (ECF) specification, and allows the reader to completely understand what is required to implement the specification in their environment ... download the quick start guide to learn more


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Technical Work Produced by the Committee

3.0 Committee Draft
3.1 Committee Draft
4.0 Committee Draft


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