1989-04-10|Queen's Printer

01 | Title

• Electronic Distribution of Federal Statutes/Regulations: Optical disc storage and hypermedia/hypertext search and retrieval

02 | Outline

• Objectives

• Opportunities

• Optical disc technology

• Company profile

• Proposal

• Summary

02.01 | Notes

• Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity.

• Will take 30 minutes of your time, and present the future.

03 | Objectives

• Electronic distribution of federal statutes/regulations
  • Optical disc technology

  • Hypermedia/Hypertext for electronic search and retrieval

• Productivity enhancement
  • Governments, Judges, Lawyers, Parliamentarians, Schools, Libraries, etc.

  • Efficient storage of vast amount of legal data

03.01 | Notes

• CD-ROM in particular.

• Focus on these target customers.

• Push-button operation in search and retrieval.

• Free up people's time.

• Likely to find errors and loopholes in our laws.

• May lead to future consolidation and rationalization of laws.

04 | Opportunities

• HyperStatutes/Statuts Canada
  • Yearly updates of Revised Statutes of Canada

• HyperRegulations/Règlements Canada

• Research & Development
  • Quest for simplicity and consistency (text only, proper indexing)

  • Most efficient storage method for bilingual format

  • Ease of search and retrieval (user-friendliness)

  • Data compatibility with various systems

  • National Library of Canada/National Archive of Canada

  • Artificial Intelligence for interpretation of statutes

04.01 | Notes

• Acronym.

• On-line database vs. CD-ROM, instantaneous vs. stable?

• A research grant of $100,000 would be really nice.

• In light of the fiscal reality, it is not essential.

05 | Optical disc technology

• CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory)

• 640 MByte of information storage capacity per disc
  • Up to 300,000 typed pages of document on a single CD-ROM disc

  • Corresponds to 1,500 floppy disks per one CD-ROM disc

• Demonstrated examples
  • Telephone directories

  • Globe & Mail newspaper, 1985

  • Glolier Academic American Encyclopedia

  • Boeing 767 maintenance manual

  • Canadian Business and Current Affairs index

  • Canadian residence addresses

  • U.S. Constitution papers, Census data, Code of Federal Regulations

05.01 | Notes

• Show CD-Audio and CD-ROM here.

• Show last Thursday's newspaper clip here.

• Canadian residence directory using off-shore typing.

• Distinguish data from search/retrieval software?

06 | Company profile

• 100% Canadian owned and controlled

• Federally incorporated (1989-01-10)

• Based in Hull (Québec)

• Specializes in optical-disc publishing

06.01 | Notes

• Do not fabricate discs (1 in Québec, 1 in Ontario).

• Track record is zero, but potential is high!

• D.N.D. manuals through the Printing Bureau?

07 | Proposal

• HyperInfo Canada Inc.
  • "Official supplier" status of electronic distribution for 15 years

  • Production and distribution of optical discs

• Department of Justice
  • Ownership of the content

  • Proof-reading and final decision

• Canadian National Printing Bureau
  • Supply of machine-readable source text files

• Cooperation is essential for success!

07.01 | Notes

• As indicated in my original letter to the deputy minister.

• The most important thing is to establish the methodology.

• Accommodate future changes for yearly updates.

08 | Summary

• Publication in optical disc format
  • HyperStatutes/Statuts Canada

  • HyperRegulations/Règlement Canada

• HyperInfo opportunity: Sky is the limit!

• Please inform of the decision!

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