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A list of terms that are used in Lawmaker, the help documentation or in drafting and managing legislation with explanations of what they mean. Includes a guide to amendment terminology. |
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ToDo: add in Working Version, Significant version, snapshot version, XML, modal, attribute, element, opening words, closing words, grouping element, breadcrumb, toastie, placeholder |
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Content Completion Assistant (CCA) | The element insert menu that pops up when you press Enter |
Demote | Changing an element into the next logical element further down in the hierarchy, e.g. you can demote a paragraph to a sub-paragraph |
LDAPP | Legislative Drafting, Amending, and Publishing Programme |
Lawmaker | The name of the application and the service |
Promote | Changing an element into the next logical element higher up in the hierarchy, e.g. you can promote a sub-paragraph to a paragraph |
Quoted structure | Textual amendment |
Structure View | The outline view of the document in the left-hand panel |
Unwrap | Removing a grouping level element e.g. Part or Chapter which will remove the start and end tags that are ‘wrapping’ the child provisions within them e.g. sections |
Wrap | The term given when inserting a grouping element e.g. Part or Chapter. In XML terms, the child provisions are encapsulated within the start and end tags of the grouping element which is where the notion of ‘wrap’ comes from |
X-ref | Cross reference |
MFA | Multi-Factor Authentication |
Amendment terminology
Here is a guide to the language used to describe the different parts of a parliamentary amendment:
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