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Describing Copyright in RDF - Creative Commons Rights Expression Language
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd"> <html xml:lang="en" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:owl="http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#" xmlns:rddl="http://www.rddl.org/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head profile="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab"> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-type"/> <title> Describing Copyright in RDF - Creative Commons Rights Expression Language </title> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <h1> <a href="/"> <img alt="Creative Commons" id="cc-title" src="/cc-legal-tools/logo_trademark_250.png"/> </a> </h1> <div id="content"> <div id="main-content"> <div class="block" id="title"> <h2> Describing Copyright in RDF </h2> <h3> Creative Commons Rights Expression Language </h3> </div> <div class="block page"> <p> 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 <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/CC_REL"> ccREL </a> in the <a href="https://wiki.creativecommons.org/"> Creative Commons wiki </a> . </p> <h2> Classes </h2> <div about="#Work" id="Work" typeof="rdfs:Class"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Work </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> a potentially copyrightable work </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Work" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#License" id="License" typeof="rdfs:Class"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> License </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> a set of requests/permissions to users of a Work, e.g. a copyright license, the public domain, information for distributors </span> <span rel="rdfs:subClassOf" resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/LicenseDocument"> </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/License" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Jurisdiction" id="Jurisdiction" typeof="rdfs:Class"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Jurisdiction </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> the legal jurisdiction of a license </span> </div> <div about="#Permission" id="Permission" typeof="rdfs:Class"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Permission </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> an action that may or may not be allowed or desired </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Permission" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Requirement" id="Requirement" typeof="rdfs:Class"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Requirement </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> an action that may or may not be requested of you </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Requirement" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Prohibition" id="Prohibition" typeof="rdfs:Class"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Prohibition </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> something you may be asked not to do </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Prohibition" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <h2> Permissions </h2> <div about="#Reproduction" id="Reproduction" typeof="cc:Permission"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Reproduction </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> making multiple copies </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Distribution" id="Distribution" typeof="cc:Permission"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Distribution </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> distribution, public display, and publicly performance </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#DerivativeWorks" id="DerivativeWorks" typeof="cc:Permission"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Derivative Works </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> distribution of derivative works </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Sharing" id="Sharing" typeof="cc:Permission"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Sharing </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> permits commercial derivatives, but only non-commercial distribution </span> </div> <h2> Requirements </h2> <div about="#Notice" id="Notice" typeof="cc:Requirement"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Notice </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> copyright and license notices be kept intact </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Attribution" id="Attribution" typeof="cc:Requirement"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Attribution </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> credit be given to copyright holder and/or author </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#ShareAlike" id="ShareAlike" typeof="cc:Requirement"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Share Alike </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> derivative works be licensed under the same terms or compatible terms as the original work </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#SourceCode" id="SourceCode" typeof="cc:Requirement"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Source Code </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> source code (the preferred form for making modifications) must be provided when exercising some rights granted by the license. </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/SourceCode" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#Copyleft" id="Copyleft" typeof="cc:Requirement"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Copyleft </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> derivative and combined works must be licensed under specified terms, similar to those on the original work </span> </div> <div about="#LesserCopyleft" id="LesserCopyleft" typeof="cc:Requirement"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Lesser Copyleft </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> 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 </span> </div> <h2> Prohibitions </h2> <div about="#CommercialUse" id="CommercialUse" typeof="cc:Prohibition"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> Commercial Use </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> exercising rights for commercial purposes </span> <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/CommercialUse" rev="owl:equivalentClass"> </span> </div> <div about="#HighIncomeNationUse" id="HighIncomeNationUse" typeof="cc:Prohibition"> <h4 property="rdfs:label"> High Income Nation Use </h4> <span property="rdfs:comment"> use in a non-developing country </span> </div> <h2> License Properties </h2> <div about="#permits" id="permits" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:permits </h4> A <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:domain"> License </a> <span property="rdfs:label"> permits </span> a <a href="#Permission" rel="rdfs:range"> Permission </a> . <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/permits" rev="owl:equivalentProperty"> </span> </div> <div about="#requires" id="requires" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:requires </h4> A <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:domain"> License </a> <span property="rdfs:label"> requires </span> a <a href="#Requirement" rel="rdfs:range"> Requirement </a> . <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/requires" rev="owl:equivalentProperty"> </span> </div> <div about="#prohibits" id="prohibits" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:prohibits </h4> A <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:domain"> License </a> <span property="rdfs:label"> prohibits </span> a <a href="#Prohibition" rel="rdfs:range"> Prohibition </a> . <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/prohibits" rev="owl:equivalentProperty"> </span> </div> <div about="#jurisdiction" id="jurisdiction" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:jurisdiction </h4> A <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:domain"> License </a> may have a <span property="rdfs:label"> jurisdiction </span> , as defined by <a href="#Jurisdiction" rel="rdfs:range"> Jurisdictions </a> . </div> <div about="#legalcode" id="legalcode" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:legalcode </h4> The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource" rel="rdfs:range"> URL </a> of the legal text of a <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:domain"> License </a> . </div> <div about="#deprecatedOn" id="deprecatedOn" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:deprecatedOn </h4> A <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:domain"> License </a> may be deprecated; provides the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes#date" rel="rdfs:range"> date </a> <span property="rdfs:label"> deprecated on </span> . </div> <h2> Work Properties </h2> <div about="#license" id="license" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:license </h4> A <a href="#Work" rel="rdfs:domain"> Work </a> <span property="rdfs:label"> has license </span> a <a href="#License" rel="rdfs:range"> License </a> . <br/> (a <a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/license" rel="rdfs:subPropertyOf"> subproperty of dcterms:license </a> , <a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab#license" rel="owl:sameAs"> the same as xhtml:license </a> ) <span resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/license" rev="owl:equivalentProperty"> </span> </div> <div about="#morePermissions" id="morePermissions" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:morePermissions </h4> A <span rel="rdfs:subPropertyOf" resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation"> related </span> <span rel="rdfs:range" resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"> resource </span> which describes additional permissions or alternative licenses for a <a href="#Work" rel="rdfs:domain"> Work </a> which may be available. </div> <div about="#attributionName" id="attributionName" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:attributionName </h4> The <span rel="rdfs:range" resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal"> name the creator </span> of a <a href="#Work" rel="rdfs:domain"> Work </a> would like used when attributing re-use. </div> <div about="#attributionURL" id="attributionURL" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:attributionURL </h4> The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource" rel="rdfs:range"> URL </a> the creator of a <a href="#Work" rel="rdfs:domain"> Work </a> would like used when attributing re-use. </div> <div about="#useGuidelines" id="useGuidelines" typeof="rdf:Property"> <h4> cc:useGuidelines </h4> A <span rel="rdfs:subPropertyOf" resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation"> related </span> <span rel="rdfs:range" resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource"> resource </span> which defines non-binding use guidelines for the <a href="#Work" rel="rdfs:domain"> work </a> . </div> <br/> <br/> <rddl:resource xlink:href="http://web.resource.org/cc/schema.rdf" xlink:role="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xlink:title="Creative Commons RDF Metadata Schema"> <p> RDF users might be interested in our machine-readable <a href="schema.rdf"> RDF Schema </a> . 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