Description

Digitized Official Publications from Switzerland

Dataset Overview

This dataset contains digitized official publications hosted by the Swiss Federal Archives at amtsdruckschriften.bar.admin.ch, extracted through web scraping.

Collection Contents

Federal Assembly Documents (1848-1999)

• Official Bulletin: Parliamentary debates and decisions (1891-1999)
• Assembly Minutes: Detailed records of parliamentary sessions (1921-1970)
• Directory and Overview of Proceedings: Summaries and indexes of parliamentary activities (1848-1995)

Federal Law Publications (1848-2017)

• Federal Gazette: Official communications, draft legislation, and reports
• Consolidated Collection: Systematic compilation of federal law (1848-1947)
• Administrative Practice: Precedent decisions and interpretations (1987-2017)

Federal Council Materials (1848-1995)

• Council Minutes: Records of Federal Council meetings and decisions
• Management Reports: Annual reports on federal administration activities

Additional Materials

• Federal Calendar: Annual directory of federal offices and employees (1849-2021)

Dataset Structure

Each publication is provided as a ZIP file containing:

• PDF document
• CSV metadata
• OCR-extracted text (TXT)

The dataset includes:

• Comprehensive metadata file (metadata_ads.csv)
• List of missing files