OPEN SOURCE. EVIDENCE FIRST.

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Every source.
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Turn documents into a connected legal chronology. Keep the evidence, notes and authorities together — and take them with you.

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‹Joe & Jill BlogsExample chronology⌕ Search events, notes or documents…−+

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Authority

24 May25 May28 May30 May

Common ground•••

Weekend arrangements discussed

Jill and Joe discussed the weekend arrangements for the children. No issues were raised at the time.

Conflicting accounts•••

Weekend visit disputed

Disagreement about the planned weekend visit. Jill says the visit went ahead. Joe says it was cancelled.

Common ground•••

Contact arrangements confirmed

The parties confirmed updated contact arrangements in writing following further discussion.

Conflicting accounts•••

Follow-up account

The parties give different accounts of the children’s return, including the time and pickup arrangements.

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Ocker is open source: its code is available for anyone to use, inspect, adapt and share under the Apache 2.0 licence — including in commercial software, without software licence fees.

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Affidavit of Jill Blogs.pdf⋯⌁24 May 2024
Weekend arrangements discussed

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Ocker is open source, with a clear data model and APIs for developers. Build integrations, new interfaces and bespoke workflows on a solid foundation.

// Load an Ocker record and render it
const chronology = parseRecord(await file.text());

// Render in your application
view.setRecord(chronology);

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WHAT'S AN OCKER?

ocker

noun · Australian slang

An unmistakably Australian bloke, stereotypically rough around the edges in speech and manner.

Slang meaning adapted from the Australian National Dictionary Centre.

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Why the name?

A client once described Ocker’s inventor, Adam Norman “Jenko” Jenkins, as “bogan on the outside, genius on the inside”. Bogan is Australian slang roughly equivalent to redneck. Ocker is built in that spirit: plain-spoken, practical and sharp where it counts.