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4.3. Debate Record
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The Debate Record is a verbatim transcript of everything said in the Parliamentary chambers. Bungeni provides a templated OpenOffice.org document, to the specific formatting and presentation requirements of each parliament, to assist in the transcription process and mark-up of Debates according to AKOMA NTOSO standards. More specifically the module will:
- provide a word-processing interface (OpenOffice.org) for working on the Debates without requiring the user to have any technical knowledge of XML mark-up, because the mark-up is transparently applied using the traditional formatting style of a word-processor; [OpenOffice]
- allow adding of metadata information by "selection box", or "lookup fields" (e.g. name of MPs, Question number, etc.); [OpenOffice] [Plone Registry]
- import Questions and Motions into the Debate Record as and when they become part of the debate;
- support cross-referencing from the debate record to quoted or referenced documents, e.g. by applying metadata information from the point on the debate record where debate on a specific bill starts up to the point where the debate on the bill ends. This tag includes a URI or reference through which the actual bill document can be reached via a hyperlink. Documents which may be referenced from a debate record include bills, motions, questions, tabled documents, etc.; [OpenOffice] [Registry]
- support the concept of "Turns" and the merging, review and approval processes to create the consolidated debate record; [OpenOffice]2
- provide web-access to the "draft Debate Record" to allow, within a limited period of time, MPs that may want to point out mistakes or request corrections to "annotate" the verbatim with his/her notes and suggestions (see "annotation" in Bill) ;
- support rendering of the Debate Record documents to various outputs (web, print, etc. are provided and such rendering matches the format of historically published volumes); [OpenOffice][Plone].
- record all steps, phases and status of the Debate Record process. [Registry]