Describing Copyright in RDF - Creative Commons Rights Expression Language

Describing Copyright in RDF - Creative Commons Rights Expression Language
Describing Copyright in RDF
Creative Commons Rights Expression Language
The Creative Commons Rights Expression Language (ccREL) lets you
describe copyright licenses in RDF. For more information on describing
licenses in RDF and attaching those descriptions to digital works, see
ccREL
in the
Creative Commons wiki
Classes
Work
a potentially copyrightable work
License
a set of requests/permissions to users of a Work, e.g. a copyright
license, the public domain, information for distributors
Jurisdiction
the legal jurisdiction of a license
Permission
an action that may or may not be allowed or desired
Requirement
an action that may or may not be requested of you
Prohibition
something you may be asked not to do
Permissions
Reproduction
making multiple copies
Distribution
distribution, public display, and publicly performance
Derivative Works
distribution of derivative works
Sharing
permits commercial derivatives, but only non-commercial distribution
Requirements
Notice
copyright and license notices be kept intact
Attribution
credit be given to copyright holder and/or author
Share Alike
derivative works be licensed under the same terms or compatible terms
as the original work
Source Code
source code (the preferred form for making modifications) must be
provided when exercising some rights granted by the license.
Copyleft
derivative and combined works must be licensed under specified terms,
similar to those on the original work
Lesser Copyleft
derivative works must be licensed under specified terms, with at least
the same conditions as the original work; combinations with the work
may be licensed under different terms
Prohibitions
Commercial Use
exercising rights for commercial purposes
High Income Nation Use
use in a non-developing country
License Properties
cc:permits
License
permits
Permission
cc:requires
License
requires
Requirement
cc:prohibits
License
prohibits
Prohibition
cc:jurisdiction
License
may have a
jurisdiction
, as defined by
Jurisdictions
cc:legalcode
The
URL
of the legal text of a
License
cc:deprecatedOn
License
may be deprecated; provides the
date
deprecated on
Work Properties
cc:license
Work
has license
License
(a
subproperty of dcterms:license
the same as xhtml:license
cc:morePermissions
related
resource
which describes additional permissions or alternative licenses for a
Work
which may be available.
cc:attributionName
The
name the creator
of a
Work
would like used when attributing re-use.
cc:attributionURL
The
URL
the creator of a
Work
would like used when attributing re-use.
cc:useGuidelines
related
resource
which defines non-binding use guidelines for the
work
RDF users might be interested in our machine-readable
RDF Schema
. A copy is also embedded in this document.
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