Lexipedia is an open-source project building standardized business process models for legal and civic applications. We make complex legal processes more transparent and understandable through visual modeling — and we need contributors like you to help.
Whether you're a legal professional, a civic technologist, a business owner, or simply someone who believes public processes should be clear and accessible, there's a place for you here.
Ready to contribute? Lexipedia is built by its community. Here's how to get started:
No experience needed! If you can follow a form or write a paragraph, you can contribute to Lexipedia.
If you've edited on Wikipedia, Fandom, or other MediaWiki-based platforms, you'll feel at home here. Lexipedia runs on DokuWiki, which shares many core concepts but has a simpler syntax.
Key similarities:
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Browse the legal and business process models our community has built:
Review current models such as last wills, Reg CF Exemptions, and Business loans.
Experience how Lexipedia simplifies legal processes. Try our interactive demo on starting a business in Virginia:
Live demo — see the Charlottesville “how to start a business” business process in action
How we process our data
- this is a demonstration of the processes available currently in Lexipedia
- looking at Lexipedia & Spiff Workflow from a business development perspective
- considering Lexipedia for lawyers and legal engineers
to help legal engineers create, coordinate, and distribute better business process automation.
Lexipedia documents processes from both geographic jurisdictions and online community governance. Here's what we're currently working on:
Wikipedia's multi-tiered dispute resolution system is a major focus for Lexipedia — it's one of the most developed examples of community governance on the internet.
These models demonstrate how online communities can build transparent, process-driven governance — and they're a great example of how Lexipedia can document processes beyond traditional legal jurisdictions.
HATS integration - consider how users in pools actually represent their authority to act on a process