The OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing (ECF) 5.0 specification defines a number of NIEM 4.0 information exchanges with courts.
Here is the ECF 5.0 GetCourtSchedulingRequestMessage to request a court hearing implemented in JSON schema:
{
"$id": "https://docs.oasis-open.org/legalxml-courtfiling/ns/v5.0/schedulerequest",
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"definitions": {
"schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessage": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessageType",
"description": "A request for the schedule of upcoming events in a court"
},
"schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessageType": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "A request for the schedule of upcoming events in a court",
"properties": {
"ecf:CaseTypeCode": {
"description": "Indicates whether the e-filing system supports electronic filing of a certain case type.",
"$ref": "./ecf.schema.json#/definitions/ecf:CaseTypeCode"
},
"ecf:CourtEventTypeCode": {
"description": "Filter criterion indicating that only calendar entries of a specified type are being requested.",
"$ref": "./ecf.schema.json#/definitions/ecf:CourtEventTypeCode"
},
"ecf:DocumentAugmentation": {
"description": "The pleading, motion or order that is the main document in a Filing. A Document may have Connected Documents, which are appendices or exhibits that are intended for filing only in the context of the Lead Document.",
"items": {
"$ref": "./ecf.schema.json#/definitions/ecf:DocumentAugmentation"
},
"minItems": 0,
"type": "array"
},
"ecf:ParticipantID": {
"description": "A unique identifier for an entity participating in a case.",
"$ref": "./ecf.schema.json#/definitions/ecf:ParticipantID"
},
"ecf:SendingMDELocationID": {
"description": "Location for the MDE to which asynchronous and service messages can be sent. This unique location is self-assigned by the MDE.",
"$ref": "./ecf.schema.json#/definitions/ecf:SendingMDELocationID"
},
"ecf:ServiceInteractionProfileCode": {
"description": "An identifier, from a list of allowed values defined in the Court Filing specification, of a message profile supported by this court.",
"$ref": "./ecf.schema.json#/definitions/ecf:ServiceInteractionProfileCode"
},
"j:CaseCourt": {
"description": "A court of law in which the case is being tried.",
"$ref": "./niem/j.schema.json#/definitions/j:CaseCourt"
},
"j:CourtAdministrativeUnitText": {
"description": "A unit within a court system responsible for record maintenance.",
"$ref": "./niem/j.schema.json#/definitions/j:CourtAdministrativeUnitText"
},
"j:Judge": {
"description": "An official who hears and decides a case or who rules over a case proceeding.",
"$ref": "./niem/j.schema.json#/definitions/j:Judge"
},
"nc:DateRange": {
"description": "A time period measured by a starting and ending point.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DateRange"
},
"nc:DocumentCategoryText": {
"description": "A kind of document; a nature or genre of the content.",
"items": {
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentCategoryText"
},
"minItems": 0,
"type": "array"
},
"nc:DocumentDescriptionText": {
"description": "A description of the content of a document.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentDescriptionText"
},
"nc:DocumentEffectiveDate": {
"description": "A date in which the content or action becomes enforceable, active, or effective.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentEffectiveDate"
},
"nc:DocumentFileControlID": {
"description": "An identifier assigned to a document to locate it within a file control system.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentFileControlID"
},
"nc:DocumentFiledDate": {
"description": "A date a document was officially filed with an organization or agency.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentFiledDate"
},
"nc:DocumentIdentification": {
"description": "An identification that references a document.",
"items": {
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentIdentification"
},
"minItems": 1,
"type": "array"
},
"nc:DocumentInformationCutOffDate": {
"description": "A date after which contributions to the content of a document will no longer be accepted.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentInformationCutOffDate"
},
"nc:DocumentLanguageCode": {
"description": "A language of the content of the resource.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentLanguageCode"
},
"nc:DocumentPostDate": {
"description": "A date a document is entered or posted to an information system or network; used when the date of posting is different from the date on which a document was officially filed.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentPostDate"
},
"nc:DocumentReceivedDate": {
"description": "A date a transmitted document was received.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentReceivedDate"
},
"nc:DocumentSequenceID": {
"description": "An identifier that determines the document order in a set of related documents.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentSequenceID"
},
"nc:DocumentSoftwareName": {
"description": "A name of a computer application used to process a document.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentSoftwareName"
},
"nc:DocumentStatus": {
"description": "A status of a document.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentStatus"
},
"nc:DocumentSubmitter": {
"description": "An entity responsible for making the resource available.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentSubmitter"
},
"nc:DocumentTitleText": {
"description": "A name given to a document.",
"$ref": "./niem/nc.schema.json#/definitions/nc:DocumentTitleText"
}
},
"required": [
"ecf:ParticipantID",
"ecf:SendingMDELocationID",
"ecf:ServiceInteractionProfileCode",
"j:CaseCourt",
"nc:DocumentIdentification",
"nc:DocumentPostDate"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"properties": {
"schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessage": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessageType",
"description": "A request for the schedule of upcoming events in a court"
}
},
"required": [
"schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessage"
]
}
An example of a JSON request based on the JSON schema is:
{
"@context": {
"clsa": "http://reference.niem.gov/niem/specification/code-lists/1.0/code-lists-schema-appinfo/#",
"ct": "http://release.niem.gov/niem/conformanceTargets/3.0/#",
"ecf": "https://docs.oasis-open.org/legalxml-courtfiling/ns/v5.0/ecf#",
"j": "http://release.niem.gov/niem/domains/jxdm/6.0/#",
"nc": "http://release.niem.gov/niem/niem-core/4.0/#",
"schedulerequest": "https://docs.oasis-open.org/legalxml-courtfiling/ns/v5.0/schedulerequest#",
"structures": "http://release.niem.gov/niem/structures/4.0/#",
"term": "http://release.niem.gov/niem/localTerminology/3.0/#",
"xs": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#"
},
"schedulerequest:GetCourtScheduleRequestMessage": {
"ecf:ParticipantID": {
"nc:IdentificationID": "10"
},
"ecf:SendingMDELocationID": {
"nc:IdentificationID": "https://efilingprovider.com:8000"
},
"ecf:ServiceInteractionProfileCode": "urn:oasis:names:tc:legalxml-courtfiling:schema:json:JsonMessaging-5.0",
"j:CaseCourt": {
"nc:OrganizationIdentification": {
"nc:IdentificationID": "10"
},
"j:CourtName": "Circuit Court"
},
"j:Judge": {
"nc:RoleOfPerson": {
"nc:PersonName": {
"nc:PersonFullName": "John Smith"
}
},
"j:JudicialOfficialRegistrationIdentification": {
"nc:IdentificationID": "100"
}
},
"ecf:CaseTypeCode": "civil",
"ecf:CourtEventTypeCode": "hearing",
"nc:DocumentIdentification": [
{
"nc:IdentificationID": "001-f786e6d6-558c-448f-b249-067002d716a0"
}
],
"nc:DocumentPostDate": {
"nc:Date": "2018-12-01"
},
"nc:DateRange": {
"nc:StartDate": {
"nc:Date": "2019-01-01"
},
"nc:EndDate": {
"nc:Date": "2019-01-03"
}
}
}
}