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4. Software for XML markup
Figure 4.4: A screenshot of the Bungeni editor
4.4.3
LegisPro Web Editor
LegisPro - WebAuthor is a in-browser markup editor developed by Xecntial
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. It is based on LegisPro - Author, an XML editing tool used to
markup the authoring and amending of local, state and federal government
legislation. It has been developed using HTML5, designed to work natively
with Akoma Ntoso, and it can run in the most recent web browsers.
On the one hand, LegisPro was the first legal markup editor completely
in-browser and resolved the issues of the Norma and the Bungeni editors related to the easiness of customization and portability. Also, its interface was
not derived from the one of a word-processor software and, for this reason,
it is focused on the legal drafters’ needs.
On the other hand, LegisPro is not an open-source software and, as said
in section 4.4.1, this is a big problem if the editor aims to be used in European parliaments. Another criticism about LegisPro is that, even if it is
based on Akoma Ntoso, it does not exploit the patterns specified by Akoma
Notoso and, as I will explain in the next section, this could be the keystone
to create a language independent editor.
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Xcential is a Californian vendor of legislative products and services to governmental
bodies at all levels.