From RELAW research to practice: Reflections on an ongoing technology transfer project

Nicolas Sannier, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh, Lionel C. Briand

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Abstract

Over the past years, we have been studying the topic of automated metadata extraction from legal texts. While our research has been motivated primarily by RE problems, we have observed that the interdisciplinarity of the research on legal metadata, and indeed on several other topics considered by the RELAW community, has the potential to trigger innovation beyond the traditional RE. In particular, legal metadata is a key enabler for the rapidly-expanding field of Legal Technology (LegalTech). In this short paper, we describe the preliminary steps we have taken toward transitioning a prototype tool for legal metadata extraction (developed in our previous work) into a platform that is palatable to the LegalTech market. We hope that our findings would provide useful insights about the value chain for legal metadata and further offer a concrete example of a technology transfer attempt that is rooted in RELAW research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages204-208
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538634882
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2017 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: 4 Sep 20178 Sep 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2017 IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2017

Conference

Conference25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2017
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period4/09/178/09/17

Keywords

  • Legal metadata
  • Technology transfer

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