dacheah/deep-seabed-mining-law-corpus

Deep Seabed Mining Law Corpus

A neutral, provenance-first, machine-readable record of the law governing mineral resources of "the Area" (the seabed beyond national jurisdiction): the international ISA/UNCLOS regime and the US non-UNCLOS parallel track. Every record carries its official source, retrieval date, citation, language, an authoritative-status flag, and a SHA-256 content hash; texts are verified against official sources.

• Source of truth / build history: https://github.com/dacheah/deep-seabed-mining-law-corpus
• Human-browsable site: https://dacheah.github.io/deep-seabed-mining-law-corpus/
• 27 instruments (27 verified against official sources) · 2705 provisions · 6720 neutral concept tags

Why this dataset is different

Most legal datasets are scraped text with no sourcing. Here every row is traceable: the authoritative text is stored in its authentic language with a content hash and a fidelity flag, and anything generated (concept tags, structure) is kept in a separate, clearly-labelled layer. That makes it low-risk input for retrieval-augmented generation and citation-grounded legal NLP.

Configs

documents — one row per instrument version: the full authoritative text plus provenance (source_url, official_citation, authoritative_status, text_fidelity, content_hash, license, rights_note, provenance_note, dates, jurisdiction, language).

provisions — one row per structural unit (article / section / principle / guideline): the unit text, its neutral concepts (a model pass, unreviewed), and a link back to the source instrument's text hash and URL. Ideal as pre-chunked, concept-labelled context for RAG.

from datasets import load_dataset
docs = load_dataset("dacheah/deep-seabed-mining-law-corpus", "documents")
prov = load_dataset("dacheah/deep-seabed-mining-law-corpus", "provisions")

Contents

Instrument	Jurisdiction	Adopted	Fidelity
Draft Exploitation Regulations / Mining Code — Dec 2025 consolidated draft [DRAFT]	international		extracted_verified
ISA Cobalt-rich Crusts Exploration Regulations (2012)	international	2012-07-27	extracted_verified
Reglamento ISA — exploración de costras de ferromanganeso cobálticas (2012) [ES]	international	2012-10-22	extracted_verified
Règlement ISA — exploration des encroûtements cobaltifères (2012) [FR]	international	2012-10-22	extracted_verified
Правила МОМД — разведка кобальтоносных корок (2012 г.) [RU]	international	2012-07-27	extracted_verified
国际海底管理局规章 — 富钴铁锰结壳探矿和勘探（2012年）[ZH]	international	2012-07-27	extracted_verified
ISA Polymetallic Nodules Exploration Regulations (2013)	international	2013-07-22	extracted_verified
Reglamento ISA — exploración de nódulos polimetálicos (2013) [ES]	international	2013-07-22	extracted_verified
Règlement ISA — exploration des nodules polymétalliques (2013) [FR]	international	2013-07-22	extracted_verified
Правила МОМД — разведка полиметаллических конкреций (2013 г.) [RU]	international	2013-07-22	extracted_verified
国际海底管理局规章 — 多金属结核探矿和勘探（2013年）[ZH]	international	2013-07-22	extracted_verified
ISA Polymetallic Sulphides Exploration Regulations (2010)	international	2010-05-07	extracted_verified
Reglamento ISA — exploración de sulfuros polimetálicos (2010) [ES]	international	2010-05-07	extracted_verified
Règlement ISA — exploration des sulfures polymétalliques (2010) [FR]	international	2010-05-07	extracted_verified
Правила МОМД — разведка полиметаллических сульфидов (2010 г.) [RU]	international	2010-05-07	extracted_verified
国际海底管理局规章 — 多金属硫化物探矿和勘探（2010年）[ZH]	international	2010-05-07	extracted_verified
2011 Seabed Disputes Chamber Advisory Opinion (Case No. 17)	international	2011-02-01	extracted_verified
Avis consultatif de la Chambre pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux fonds marins (2011, affaire n° 17) [FR]	international	2011-02-01	extracted_verified
1994 Part XI Implementation Agreement	international	1994-07-28	extracted_verified
Acuerdo de 1994 sobre la aplicación de la Parte XI [ES]	international	1994-07-28	extracted_verified
Accord de 1994 relatif à l’application de la partie XI [FR]	international	1994-07-28	extracted_verified
UNCLOS Part XI (The Area)	international	1982-12-10	extracted_verified
CNUDM Parte XI (La Zona) [ES]	international	1982-12-10	extracted_verified
CNUDM Partie XI (La Zone) [FR]	international	1982-12-10	extracted_verified
15 CFR 970 — DSM Exploration Licences (NOAA)	USA	1981-09-15	extracted_verified
15 CFR 971 — DSM Commercial Recovery Permits (NOAA)	USA		extracted_verified
US Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA)	USA	1980-06-28	extracted_verified

Licensing

Mixed, and recorded per record. The compilation, structure, and concept tags (the derived layer) are CC BY 4.0. Source texts are not relicensed — each keeps its own terms (e.g. UN-materials terms; public-domain government works), recorded in every row's license / rights_note. See the licensing policy.

Disclaimer

This is a reference record, not legal advice. The authoritative text of each instrument is the original in its authentic language; translations and concept tags are unofficial and derived (the concept tags are an unreviewed model pass — expect occasional over/under-tagging). Always confirm against the cited official source for anything legally operative.

Citation

Deep Seabed Mining Law Corpus (maintainers). https://github.com/dacheah/deep-seabed-mining-law-corpus

Dataset generated from the repository by scripts/export_hf_dataset.py on 2026-07-12 — do not edit by hand.