Template:Infobox legislative term/doc

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

Usage

{{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          = 
| session2_start        = 
| session2_end          = 
| session3_start        = 
| session3_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 →
The Minnesota State Capitol building in bright daylight
Overview
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
Script error Template:Session1 start – Template:Session1 end

{{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.