Template:Infobox legislative term/doc

Usage

This is an infobox to use in articles about a legislature's individual terms or sessions.

{{Infobox legislative term
| name                  = 
| image                 = 
| image_size            = 
| alt                   =
| caption               = 
| body                  = 
| meeting_place         = 
| election              = 
| government            = 
| opposition            = 

| term_start            = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|mm|D|df=y}} -->
| term_end              = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|mm|D|df=y}} -->
| before                = 
| after                 = 
| website               = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| chamber1              = 
| chamber1_image        = 
| chamber1_image_size   = 
| chamber1_alt          = 
| membership1           = 
| control1              = 
| chamber1_leader1_type = 
| chamber1_leader1      = 
| chamber1_leader2_type = 
| chamber1_leader2      = 
| chamber1_leader3_type = 
| chamber1_leader3      = 
| chamber1_leader4_type = 
| chamber1_leader4      = 
| chamber2              = 
| chamber2_image        = 
| chamber2_image_size   = 
| chamber2_alt          = 
| membership2           = 
| control2              = 
| chamber2_leader1_type = 
| chamber2_leader1      = 
| chamber2_leader2_type = 
| chamber2_leader2      = 
| chamber2_leader3_type = 
| chamber2_leader3      = 
| chamber2_leader4_type = 
| chamber2_leader4      = 
| session1_start        = 
| session1_end          = 
}}

Parameters

name

a name for this term, e.g. "110th United States Congress"

image

an image

image_size

size in pixels of the image; suffix "px"

alt

image alt text

caption

brief description of the image

body

name of the assembly, e.g. [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]

jurisdiction

the territory the legislature governs, e.g. [[Florida]], United States; omit unless it differs from the legislature's current or usual jurisdiction

meeting_place

name of the building where the legislative assembly meets

election

general election leading to the constitution of this legislative term

government

government of the legislative assembly

opposition

opposition party of the legislative assembly

term_start

term start date; use {{Start date}}, with |df=y for UK-style dates

term_end

term end date; use {{End date}}, as above

before

name of the previous term, if any, e.g. [[109th United States Congress|109th Congress]]

after

name of the subsequent term, if any

website

a website for this term, if any; use {{URL}}

The following section is repeatable for up to four different chambers by changing the first "1" in each field. The leader fields are repeatable up to a total of 7 positions by changing "leader1" to "leader2", etc.

chamber1

name of the chamber, e.g. [[Oregon House of Representatives]]

chamber1_image

composition image of the chamber, e.g. File:House of Lords current.svg

chamber1_image_size

specify a size for the composition image

chamber1_alt

alt text for the composition image

membership1

the total number of members in the chamber, e.g. 45 Senators

control1

political party in control of the chamber, if any

chamber1_leader1_type

title of the leader of that chamber, e.g. Senate President

chamber1_leader1

name of the leader of that chamber, e.g. [[Bob Dole]]

The following section is repeatable up to 8 times by changing the number in the parameter name.

session1_start

start date of session

session1_end

end date of session

Example

Eighty-third Minnesota Legislature
← 82nd 84th →
File:Minnesota State Capitol.jpg
Overview
Legislative body	Minnesota Legislature
Meeting place	Minnesota State Capitol
Term	January 3, 2003 (2003-01-03) – May 16, 2004 (2004-05-16)
Minnesota State Senate
Members	67
President of the Senate	James Metzen
Senate Majority Leader	John Hottinger Dean Johnson
Senate Minority Leader	Dick Day
Party control	Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members	134
Speaker of the House	Margaret Anderson Kelliher
House Majority Leader	Erik Paulsen
House Minority Leader	Matt Entenza
Party control	Republican Party
Sessions
January 3, 2003 (2003-01-03) – March 28, 2003 (2003-03-28)

{{Infobox legislative term
| name                  = Eighty-third Minnesota Legislature
| image                 = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg
| image_size            = 
| alt                   = The Minnesota State Capitol building in bright daylight
| caption               =
| body                  = [[Minnesota Legislature]]
| meeting_place         = [[Minnesota State Capitol]]
| term_start            = {{Start date|2003|01|03}}
| term_end              = {{End date|2004|05|16}}
| before                = [[Eighty-second Minnesota Legislature|82nd]]
| after                 = [[Eighty-fourth Minnesota Legislature|84th]]
| chamber1              = [[Minnesota State Senate]]
| membership1           = 67
| control1              = [[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]]
| chamber1_leader1_type = President of the Senate
| chamber1_leader1      = [[James Metzen]]
| chamber1_leader2_type = Senate Majority Leader
| chamber1_leader2      = {{Plainlist|
* John Hottinger
* [[Dean Johnson]]
 }}
| chamber1_leader3_type = Senate Minority Leader
| chamber1_leader3      = [[Dick Day]]
| chamber2              = [[Minnesota House of Representatives]]
| membership2           = 134
| control2              = [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Republican Party]]
| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House
| chamber2_leader1      = [[Margaret Anderson Kelliher]]
| chamber2_leader2_type = House Majority Leader
| chamber2_leader2      = [[Erik Paulsen]]
| chamber2_leader3_type = House Minority Leader
| chamber2_leader3      = [[Matt Entenza]]
| session1_start        = {{Start date|2003|01|03}}
| session1_end          = {{End date|2003|03|28}}
}}

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Categories

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