ISO5087-2:Bylaw

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The core concept of the Bylaw Ontology is Bylaw. Its properties decompose a Bylaw into conceptual relevant components that support linking with other city concepts, and enable efficient search. The following are a Bylaw’s properties: • schema:title: A short name for the Bylaw, to be used in other descriptions to refer to the Bylaw. • schema:legislationJurisdiction: identifies the city that enacted the Bylaw. The range is restricted to City. • schema:legislationIdentifier: a unique identifier for the bylaw. The range is a xsd:string. • schema:abstract: a brief statement of the bylaw’s purpose. The range is a xsd:string. • schema:keywords: keywords used to categorize the bylaw for search purposes. The range is zero of more xsd:string. • schema:jurisdiction: The City or CityDivision where the bylaw applies. The range is restricted to City or CityDivision. • schema:legislationType: Type of bylaw chosen from bylawMain, bylawAmending or bylawRevision. • schema:legislationLegalForce: Specifies whether the Bylaw is currently in force, not in force or partially in force. • hasDefinition: Words or phrases that are defined to have a specific meaning within the context of the Bylaw. The range is restricted to Definition. • impacts: who and/or what is impacted by the Bylaw. Restricted to Person, Organization, LandArea, City, CityDivision and/or Activities. • schema:legislationDate: Date which the Bylaw is officially adopted/signed by the legislationJurisdiction City or CityDivision. • schema:datePublished: Date the Bylaw is officially published. • dateInEffect: Date after which the Bylaw is in effect. • schema:expires: Date the Bylaw expires. • hasClause: Clauses that make up the body of the Bylaw. Restricted to Clause. • hasPenaltyClause: Clauses that specify penalties for not adhering to the Bylaw. • hasSeveranceClause: Clauses that specify that the bylaw remains valid if any portion of the bylaw is found to be invalid by a higher jurisdiction. • hasTransitionClause: Clauses that cover the period during which entities affected by the bylaw can do things to conform to the new conditions. • hasRepealClause: Clauses that specify all previous bylaws that deal with subjects that are addressed in the new bylaw must either be repealed or amended. • hasSchedule: Schedules that are attached to the Bylaw and are referenced by the Bylaw. A Schedule is part of the Bylaw.

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Manchester Syntax Specification

Property	Restriction	Value
Schema:legislationJurisdiction	exactly 1	(City or CityDivision)
Schema:legislationIdentifier	exactly 1	xsd:string
Schema:abstract	exactly 1	xsd:string
Schema:keywords	only	xsd:string
Schema:legislationType	only	[[{mainBylaw, amendingBylaw, revisionBylaw }]]
Schema:legislationLegalForce	only	[[{schema:InForce, schema:NotInForce, schema:PartiallyInForce}]]
HasDefinition	only	Definition
Impacts	only	(Person or Organization or LandArea or City or CityDivision or Activity)
Schema:legislationDate	exactly 1	xsd:DateTime
Schema:datePublished	exactly 1	xsd:DateTime
DateInEffect	exactly 1	xsd:DateTime
Schema:expires	exactly 1	xsd:DateTime
HasClause	only	Clause
HasPenaltyClause	only	Clause
HasSeveranceClause	only	Clause
HasTransitionClause	only	Clause
HasRepealClause	only	Clause
HasSchedule	only	Schedule

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