Case ID
Each law report has a case number (or citation) for use as a reference within other documents. The citation is a unique identifier and is captured as the caseid attribute value within the parent case element.
Case ID
/case/@caseid
Each Headnote must have the caseid attribute set. You can find the ID in the field labelled Case ID
at the
top of the headnote.
Case IDs have the following structure:
- ORIL
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SERIES nn (JJ YYYY) - IC
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IIC nn (YYYY) - OXIO
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OXIO nn
Where:
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series - identifies the series the case report belongs to, as in Case Series (Law Reports).
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nn - is the unique and sequential number, starting from 1 (with no lead zeros)
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JJ - is the jurisdiction/court identifier that is derived from these codes. For International law in domestic courts also look up the ISO country codes.
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YYYY - is the year of the judgment