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Who does the typesetting on these documents? I'm curious - the Supreme Court looks like it uses TeX; here it looks like they're rendering XML.
by rplacd 14y ago
Who does the typesetting on these documents? I'm curious - the Supreme Court looks like it uses TeX; here it looks like they're rendering XML.
- josteink 14y agoI was curious about this as well. It looks like a XML document with some standard XSLT presented in a browser and "printed" to PDF. Which to me sounds way too technical for any lawmaker to be doing. Anyone got any insight into this?
- rplacd 14y agoI just found this - http://xml.house.gov/drafting.htm http://xml.house.gov/drafting.htm Some relevant quotes: > ...most legislation in the House is worked on by attorneys in the Office. The signed paper version submitted to the Clerk of the House on the House Floor is the official document of record. > HOLC, the main drafters of House legislation, consists of approximately 35 attorneys and a support staff of about 15 individuals, and is headed by the Legislative Counsel of the House who is appointed by the Speaker of the House... > Because the paper version is the document of record, the drafters provide their clients with typeset drafts or PDF files that can be printed in the client’s office. The paper version of legislation is currently created in one of two ways... The gory details come just after that, but the site itself seems out of date. More interesting is the peek at the physical process of drafting legislation.