Auxtract

Extracts relevant definitions and cross-references as you review Commonwealth legislation on the Federal Register (Australia only).
What is Auxtract?
Auxtract is a Chrome Extension that modifies the Federal Register of Legislation website to allow users to read Commonwealth legislation with relevant definitions and cross-references in a side-by-side view. It saves you from scrolling or clicking through different places of the legislation and is recommended for Australian lawyers, law academics, and law students. Auxtract is available only for Australian users on Google Chrome.

Extension stats

Users: 94 ▲ 2
Rating: 5.00 (9)
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2021-11-09)
Creation date: 2021-10-27
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
Size: 77.10K

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Extension summary

WHAT IS AUXTRACT? Auxtract is a Chrome Extension that modifies the webpage look of the Federal Register of Legislation website (https://www.legislation.gov.au/) to improve your reading experience of Commonwealth legislation. Auxtract allows you to read a clause of the legislation and its relevant definitions and cross-references in a side-by-side view. This saves you from having to scroll or click through different places of the legislation while also sticking to the official source of legislation!

Highly recommended for Australian lawyers, law academics and law students.

Auxtract is only available for Australian users and on Google Chrome.

HOW DO I USE AUXTRACT? Once installed onto your Google Chome Browser, click on the Auxtract extension icon to activate Auxtract. If it is you are a first time user, you may trial Auxtract FREE for 2 days. After the trial period, to continue using Auxtract, you will be prompted to pay a one-time fee via Stripe.

Auxtract will automatically launch whenever you open the page of a Commonwealth legislation on the Federal Register Website. If the Commonwealth legislation has proper formatting, Auxtract will create a menu above the contents table and convert the copy of the Commonwealth legislation into an interactive document with clickable clauses. You can then click on a clause either in the contents table or on the copy of the Commonwealth legislation, and navigate through the tabs on the Auxtract menu to view the relevant definitions and cross-references mentioned in that selected clause. You may deactivate or uninstall Auxtract at any time without cost.

HOW DOES AUXTRACT WORK? Auxtract uses regular expression algorithms to scrape the schema markup of the Commonwealth legislation to produce the extracts. The extracts generated by Auxtract is based on the existing text of the Commonwealth legislation to which Auxtract is being applied. This means any changes or idiosyncrasies in the schema markup of the Commonwealth legislation may cause Auxtract to unintentionally pick up incorrect definitions or cross-references, or generate incomplete extracts. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK THE ACCURACY OF ANY OUTPUT GENERATED BY AUXTRACT BEFORE TRANSFORMING THE EXTRACT FOR YOUR OWN PURPOSES.

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User reviews

See my full review at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/browser-extension-eases-research-philippe-doyle-gray/?trackingId=%2Bw6iO38VQ0qFc7T7U6E9dw%3D%3D
by Philippe Doyle Gray, 2022-05-24

Auxtract is a fantastic tool, very user friend and makes reading legislation much easier!
by Rebecca McCaughan, 2022-05-20

This is the legal tool is a lifesaver! It is easy to use and the different colours are very helpful! I recommend Auxtract 1000x. Thanks to Ray for developing this practical and time-saving tool.
by Mayumi Martins, 2022-05-19
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Auxtract requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Auxtract has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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