Regulations Schema

Analysis

analysis

The analysis type describes the analysis of a section of the regulation. It consists of the following elements:

  1. title, the title of the analysis
  2. one or more analysisSection elements
<analysis>
  <title>Section 1000.1 Authority, Purpose, and Scope</title>
  <analysisSection>
    ...
  </analysisSection>
</analysis>

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<complexType name="Analysis">
<sequence>
  <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <element ref="tns:analysisSection"></element>
  </choice>
</sequence>
</complexType>

analysisSection

The analysisSection describes the analysis of a section of the regulation. It consists of the following elements:

  1. title, the title of the analysis section
  2. one or more analysisParagraph elements
  3. zero or more other analysisSection elements
<analysisSection>
  <title>1(c) Scope</title>
  <analysisParagraph>
    ...
  <analysisParagraph>
  <analysisSection>
    ...
  </analysisSection>
</analysisSection>

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<complexType name="AnalysisSection">
<sequence>
  <element name="title" type="string"></element>

  <choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
    <element ref="tns:analysisParagraph"></element>
    <element ref="tns:analysisSection"></element>
  </choice>
</sequence>
</complexType>

analysisParagraph

The anlaysisParagraph describes a paragraph within the analysis of a regulation. This differs from the primitive paragraph because paragraphs within analysis are more limited in what they can express. They do not get markers, references, definitions, graphics, etc, they only contain footnotes.

analysisParagraph consists of the following elements:

  1. one content element, which can contain text and zero or more footnote elements
  2. zero or more other analysisParagraph elements
  3. zero or more footnote elements
  4. italicized text
<analysisParagraph>
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.<footnote ref="1">...</footnote>
<analysisParagraph>

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<complexType name="AnalysisParagraph" mixed="true">
  <sequence>
    <choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
      <element ref="tns:footnote"></element>
      <element name="em" type="tns:Emphasis"></element>
    </choice>
  </sequence>
</complexType>

footnote

The footnote type defines a footnote within an analysisParagraph. Footnotes are strings with the following attributes:

  1. reference, the reference number (typically) of the note.
<footnote ref="1">This is the footnote text.</footnote>

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<complexType name="Footnote">
  <simpleContent>
    <extension base="string">
      <attribute name="ref"></attribute>
    </extension>
  </simpleContent>
</complexType>

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