Public Review Ends - September 15th

OASIS and the OASIS LegalDocumentML (LegalDocML) TC [1] are pleased to announce that Akoma Ntoso Version 2.0. Part 2: Specifications of AKN 3.1 CS01 is now available for public review and comment before a call for consent as OASIS Standard.

Akoma Ntoso defines an XML vocabulary for parliamentary, legislative, and judicial documents, enabling machine-readable exchange of legal texts across institutions and jurisdictions. Part 2 specifies the AKN 3.1 XML schema and its documentation.

The TC received six Statements of Use from the Publications Office of the European Union, The National Archives (UK), Xcential Corporation, BitNomos, CIRSFID-ALMA-AI (University of Bologna), and the World Health Organization [3].

The candidate specification and related files are available here:

Akoma Ntoso Version 2.0. Part 2: Specifications of AKN 3.1
Committee Specification 01, 8 May 2026

https://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v2.0/cs01/part2-specs/akn-core-v2.0-cs01-part2-specs.pdf
https://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v2.0/cs01/part2-specs/akn-core-v2.0-cs01-part2-specs.zip (complete package)
XML schemas: https://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v2.0/cs01/part2-specs/schemas/
Namespace document: https://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v2.0/cs01/akn-core-v2.0-namespace.html

Associated files can be found at: https://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v2.0/cs01/

Members of the LegalDocML TC [1] approved this specification by Special Majority Vote [2]. The specification had been released for public review as required by the TC Process.

Public Review Period

The 60-day public review is now open and ends 15 September 2026 at 23:59 UTC.

This is an open invitation to comment. OASIS solicits feedback from potential users, developers and others, whether OASIS members or not, for the sake of improving the interoperability and quality of its technical work.

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Additional references:

[1] OASIS LegalDocumentML (LegalDocML) TC
groups.oasis-open.org/communities/…
[2] Approval ballot: groups.oasis-open.org/higherlogic/ws/public/…
[3] Statements of Use: groups.oasis-open.org/higherlogic/ws/groups/…
[4] www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr
[5] www.oasis-open.org/committees/legaldocml/ipr.php