Transformation of Documents To Display Clauses In Variance From Best Practices and Custom Rules Score Apparatus and Method.

A transformation apparatus for grading compliance of documents to category best practices comprising:

• knowledge base of best practices approved or desired for agreements;
• coupled to,
• a parsing engine to determine key elements (key words, sections, subtitles, paragraphs;
• a document categorization filter to direct a submitted document to a scoring engine;
• a clause identifier circuit to determine sections which require certain evaluations;
• a scoring engine to quantify how close each section is to a desired or preferred goal;
• and
• an information engine to integrate, receive, store, and display results of analysis and commentary.

A system to control document security and ensure corporate governance comprising:

• a server configured to receive legal instruments in electronic form and categorize the legal instruments by component clauses;
• a data store containing profiles by which clause groups are screened for risk and liability;
• a rule base for each category against which legal instruments may be scored;
• a transformation circuit which causes a display to visually indicate clauses which are non-normative for their category and insert commentary to highlight missing clauses;
• and
• a user console by which principals can designate clause pairs legally equivalent.