is a URN namespace, a type of Uniform Resource Name (URN), that allows accurate identification of laws and other legal norms.
LexML Brazil and Italy (Civil law countries) already officially recognize the URN LEX standard draft v0.9, as a namespace for sources of law.
The identifier has a hierarchical structure as follows:[1]
<nowiki>"urn:lex:"<NSS></nowiki>where is the Namespace Specific String composed as follows:
<nowiki><NSS>::=<jurisdiction>":"<local-name></nowiki>where: