Subdivisions#

To structure a legislative resource further, jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision is used:

jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision

The class jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision is used to structure each legislative resource into units: Article (basic unit) and elements above and below this in the hierarchy, as well as annexes and other elements. The concrete unit is attached by using jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionType.

Example#

Throughout this sub-page, the following jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision is used as an example.

URI: https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/text
URL: No URL available for jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision
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URI#

The URI of a jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision contains the following parts:

it starts with the URI of the entry in the Official or Consolidated Compilation
/type denotes the type of the subdivision

General Structure#

The following figure shows the general structure of a jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision:

_images/subdivision.png — General structure of a jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision.#

The jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision is bound to a jolux:Work through jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionIsPartOf.

jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionIsPartOf

The property jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionIsPartOf is used to connect a jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision with its jolux:Work.

The jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision have a type from the subdivision types vocabulary.

Hint for legal laypersons

With help of jolux:LegalResourceSubdivision, it is possible to divide a legislative resource also on the level of the individual articles. But this is not systematically done (yet). The single articles are only modelled when it is necessary for a jolux:LegalResourceImpact (see SPARQL examples below).

Object Properties#

Object properties that point to a vocabulary entry:

jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionType

Object properties that point to an individual:

jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionIsPartOf

SPARQL Examples#

The following query shows all the subdivisions of the federal constitution in the Classified Compilation with its types:

PREFIX jolux: <http://data.legilux.public.lu/resource/ontology/jolux#>
SELECT * WHERE {
  ?subdivison jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionIsPartOf <https://fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404>;
  	jolux:legalResourceSubdivisionType ?type.
}