Welcome

Welcome to SALIData.com – a site dedicated to sharing the real-world implementation of SALI taxonomy in legal tech. I encountered a number of challenges when working to transform the SALI data into a clean, readable, and practical set of taxonomy records that legal professionals could use.

Having worked with version 1 of the SALI standard, I can confidently say that version 2 represents a massive improvement in clarity, structure, and usability. To support interoperability between our internal systems and other SALI-compliant partners, I've decided to share the working solution I developed – from the architecture to the code that drives it.

Code

Below are six code blocks used in my SALI implementation. Click to copy.

-- SQL code example 1
SELECT * FROM SALI_Taxonomy WHERE IsActive = 1;

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-- SQL code example 2
SELECT CodeID, Name, Type FROM SALI_Codes ORDER BY Type, Name;

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# Python example - converting SALI data to JSON
import json

def sali_to_json(sali_data):
    return json.dumps(sali_data, indent=4)

sali_sample = {
    "CodeID": "L-101",
    "Description": "Litigation – General"
}

print(sali_to_json(sali_sample))

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-- SQL code example 4
INSERT INTO SALI_Lookup (CodeID, Description)
VALUES ('L-101', 'Litigation – General');

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-- SQL code example 5
CREATE INDEX IDX_SALI_Taxonomy_Type ON SALI_Taxonomy(Type);

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-- SQL code example 6
DELETE FROM SALI_Taxonomy WHERE CodeID IN (SELECT CodeID FROM Obsolete_Codes);

Special Thanks

I want to thank the SALI Alliance for providing the foundation and community support needed to make this project successful. The open availability of SALI’s materials and their commitment to standardization helped me bring this system to life.

I also want to thank the many people I work with – getting the data is just the beginning of the SALI experience. Their support, collaboration, and real-world input were instrumental in refining the solution and making SALI work in practice.