[3] The LegalXML initiative was launched in 1998 by lawyers, court administrators, academics and IT experts.
Member sections are special interest groups within the consortium that keep their own identity and decide themselves on their work program.
[5] Its contributing members include international and governmental organizations, courts and judiciary institutions, universities and law schools, as well as technology providers.
The currently active ones are: Previous technical committees that are no longer active were: LegalDocumentML TC has adopted Akoma Ntoso 1.0 as OASIS standard for the exchange of parliamentary, legislative and judiciary documents in August 2018.
[12] This standard is adapted to various national or supranational bodies by means of the creation of application profiles.