Access to Legislation in the Semantic Web

This paper analyses implications of realizing the access to legislation in the semantic web. It provides an overview of the context of the digitalization of legislative information and its distribution on the semantic web and the managements of legislative documents outlining new needs, features and trends in accessing legislative information. The role reserved to specific tools such as standards and mark-up languages is also outlined together with the fundamental role played till now buy ICTs focusing on advantages and inputs deriving from their implementation into legislative, social and governance contexts.