DCCouncil/law-xml
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DC Law - statutes and code - in xml format. (project: https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law)
11 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 2 stories, 9 comments · first 2017-01-03 · latest 2026-10-28
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DC did this years ago, too: https://github.com/DCCouncil/law-xml Someone set it up for Philly and Baltimore too, but I can't seem to find it.
comment by timwis · 2026-10-28 · in Git for the US Code -
Direct link to the repo for DC's laws: https://github.com/DCCouncil/law-xml
comment by neuronexmachina · 2025-03-25 · in German parliament votes as a Git contribution graph -
The District of Columbia uses Git to track law changes as well. https://github.com/DCCouncil/law-xml Similarly, the entire German Federal law can be found on Github: https://github.com/bundestag/gesetze
comment by Deukhoofd · 2022-05-17 · in Ask HN: Why hasn't Git been adopted outside of software engineering? -
…steps in this direction, with XML representations of their statutes and codes available on GitHub: https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law-xml And they do accept[1] pull requests apparently! [1] - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/how…
comment by jka · 2020-09-11 · in Contradictions in Roman law left incurable headaches for its judges -
…the DC Council uses our software to codify and publish their laws in xml and html on github: https://github.com/dccouncil/dc-law-xml . If you're interested in getting your government's laws published using git in human- and…
comment by dgreisen · 2019-10-24 · in US Constitution – A Git repo with history of edits -
Washington, DC officially keeps its changes in Github: https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law-xml https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/how-i-changed-th...
comment by jaymmartin · 2019-10-23 · in US Constitution – A Git repo with history of edits -
The only relevant link on the article https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law-xml
comment by gcb0 · 2018-11-26 · in How I changed the law with a GitHub pull request -
Here's the original pull request: https://github.com/DCCouncil/dc-law-xml/pull/134/files The text already mentioned "The Freedom of Information Act of 1976" unambiguously, but the metadata was incorrect.
comment by lozenge · 2018-11-25 · in How I changed the law with a GitHub pull request -
…our xml format. You can see the beta version for our first partner, the District of Columbia, here: https://github.com/dccouncil/dc-law-xml/tree/development (feedback welcome). As we partner with more jurisdictions, we will build a…
comment by dgreisen · 2017-01-03 · in Why isn't there a Google for the law?