The CAP Major v4 taxonomy.
Every speech in ParlText is tagged with a single CAP Major (v4) topic code from the Comparative Agendas Project. The taxonomy is the standard cross-jurisdiction policy classification — 22 codes covering the full policy space, comparable across countries and over time.
| Code | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Macroeconomics |
| 2 | Civil Rights |
| 3 | Health |
| 4 | Agriculture |
| 5 | Labor |
| 6 | Education |
| 7 | Environment |
| 8 | Energy |
| 9 | Immigration |
| 10 | Transportation |
| 12 | Law and Crime |
| 13 | Social Welfare |
| 14 | Housing |
| 15 | Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce |
| 16 | Defense |
| 17 | Technology |
| 18 | Foreign Trade |
| 19 | International Affairs |
| 20 | Government Operations |
| 21 | Public Lands |
| 23 | Culture |
| 999 | No Policy Content |
How tagging works
Each parliamentary speech receives exactly one CAP Major code. Code 999 ("No Policy Content") covers procedural or ceremonial speech that doesn't fit any substantive category. Codes 11 and 22 are not part of the CAP major-topic scheme — the numbering skips them.
About the Comparative Agendas Project
The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) maintains the taxonomy across dozens of countries. Datasets from member projects share the same topic codes, so cross-national comparisons stay meaningful. ParlText uses the same Major v4 codes as the CAP master codebook.