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How to read swisslex

Finding Metadata

There is kind-of-a metadata block in //div[@id="_documentid_"] that lists metadata as //li[contains(@class,"meta-entry")]. Each datum is split in two span, the first one containing the human readable label, the second one the human readable datum.

Interpreting Metadata

• AUTOR (author) has last name first, HERAUSGEBER (editor) has last name last
• journalAbbreviation is hidden in DOKUMENT as the first preg word
• 'issue' for journals is hidden in DOKUMENT in the second preg word before the slash - or missing
• edition is explicitely labeled AUFLAGE, hidden in DOKUMENT as '6.A.' (6th edition) or missing (event though the data is available when selecting a work...)
• DATUM may be spelled URTEILSDATUM
• TITEL (title) may contain multiple paragraphs for subtitles - alternatively spelled DOKUMENTTITEL (for legal commentaries)
• REIHE may be labeled SERIE/REIHE (series) and may begin with a series abbreviation (plus dash) before its full title
• legal commentaries have two titles, once in ARTIKELKOMMENTAR (law - article), once in DOKUMENTTITEL (article - law)
• for cases, the docket number is in DOKUMENT
• GERICHT (court) seems uniformly contain a) either a canton or 'Schweiz' b) comma c) court name, however
  • there are lots of cases from 'Bundesamt' which is not a court (ergo not a case, but supporting documents)
  • there are lots of cases from EStV (federal tax authority) that are actuall at other courts and only interesting to EStV
  • there are lots of cases from 'Aufsichtsbehörde' that are actually from other courts but concerning the civil debt enforcoement.
• PDF versions are only available at wholly different URL with bearer token :(

TODO: I18N of labels