A software infrastructure for regulatory information management and compliance assistance
Shawn Kerrigan, Charles Heenan, Kincho H. Law · 2003
There is a great deal of information available online regarding environmental regulations, as well as supplementary documents associated with the regulations. The sheer volume and complexity of this information, coupled with its scattered distribution across many different sources, makes any attempt to understand and interpret the information a daunting task. Other factors, such as the high density of cross-referencing between regulatory documents and the heavy reliance on acronyms, also contribute to reducing the readability of the documents. Since environmental regulations have the force of law, it is important that the regulated community be able to locate, understand, and comply with them. It is also advantageous for society to make these regulations as easy to locate and understand as possible so that the environment is protected to the extent provided by the law.