Sources/FR/JORF

Journal officiel de la République française — original gazette publication of laws, decrees, orders, and official notices. The gazette counterpart to legi (consolidated). JORF captures the original publication with visas, ministère, and gazette structure. Linked to LEGI via source_text edges.

Status: active

Source

Key	Kind	Origin	Auth	Update
jorf	legislation + section + notice	DILA open data dump — echanges.dila.gouv.fr/OPENDATA/JORF/	none	incremental (tar.gz archives)

ID format: fr.{raw_id.lower()} (e.g. fr.jorftext000000000001)

Coverage: 1539–present (includes forward entry-into-force dates)

Tags

Classification

NATURE	→ type	→ document_form
LOI, LOI_ORGANIQUE	statute	canonical_text
ORDONNANCE	ordinance	canonical_text
DECRET	decree	canonical_text
ARRETE, DECISION	order	canonical_text
AVIS	order	gazette_notice
CIRCULAIRE	circular	canonical_text
RECTIFICATIF	(same as base)	corrigendum
other	normative_document	canonical_text

Domain-specific

Tag	Notes
nor	NOR identifier
number	act number
ministere	issuing ministry
date_published	gazette publication date
publication_reference	JO reference
eli	European Legislation Identifier
text_id	JORFTEXT canonical ID
legi_text_id	corresponding LEGITEXT ID (when available)

Gazette structure

JO containers produce kind=notice with type=gazette_publication and child sections with structure_type: "official_journal".

Edges

kind	Direction	Trigger
various (cites, amends...)	outgoing	TEXTE_VERSION LIENS with sens="source"
source_text	LEGITEXT → JORFTEXT	TEXTELR VERSIONS/VERSION/LIEN_TXT

Related sources

Source	Relationship
legi	Same texts, different view. LEGI = consolidated + versioned. JORF = original gazette. ~4% of JORF texts have no LEGI counterpart. Linked by source_text edges.

Limitations

• No enforcement_status — JORF is the original publication, not the consolidated version
• Hidden from default search — access via tags={"source": "jorf"}
• No versioning — each article is a single snapshot at publication time