Overview¶
Features¶
- Split regulation into paragraph-level chunks
- Create a tree which defines the hierarchical relationship between these chunks
- Layer for external citations – links to Acts, Public Law, etc.
- Layer for graphics – converting image references into federal register URLs
- Layer for internal citations – links between parts of this regulation
- Layer for interpretations – connecting regulation text to the interpretations associated with it
- Layer for key terms – pseudo headers for certain paragraphs
- Layer for meta info – custom data (some pulled from federal notices)
- Layer for paragraph markers – specifying where the initial paragraph marker begins and ends for each paragraph
- Layer for section-by-section analysis – associated analyses (from FR notices) with the text they are analyzing
- Layer for table of contents – a listing of headers
- Layer for terms – defined terms, including their scope
- Layer for additional formatting, including tables, “notes”, code blocks, and subscripts
- Build whole versions of the regulation from the changes found in final rules
- Create diffs between these versions of the regulations
Requirements¶
Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5. See requirements.txt
and similar for specific
library versions.