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LegalValueLevel

A list of possible levels for the legal validity of a legislation.

Enumerationschema.org/LegalValueLevel

Values

Use one of these as the value, written as https://schema.org/AuthoritativeLegalValue or just AuthoritativeLegalValue.

AuthoritativeLegalValue
Indicates that the publisher gives some special status to the publication of the document. ("The Queens Printer" version of a UK Act of Parliament, or the PDF version of a Directive published by the EU Office of Publications). Something "Authoritative" is considered to be also OfficialLegalValue".
DefinitiveLegalValue
Indicates a document for which the text is conclusively what the law says and is legally binding. (e.g. The digitally signed version of an Official Journal.) Something "Definitive" is considered to be also AuthoritativeLegalValue.
OfficialLegalValue
All the documents published by an official publisher should have at least the legal value level "OfficialLegalValue". This indicates that the document was published by an organisation with the public task of making it available (e.g. a consolidated version of a EU directive published by the EU Office of Publications).
UnofficialLegalValue
Indicates that a document has no particular or special standing (e.g. a republication of a law by a private publisher).

Properties (14)

LegalValueLevel adds no properties of its own; it uses the ones below.

Where LegalValueLevel is used as a value

These properties expect a LegalValueLevel: legislationLegalValue.