Rights Metadata Recommendation
Rights Metadata Recommendation
Vocabularies
Minimal Rights Metadata
For maximum interoperability, we recommend two rights properties:
edm:rights containing a URI designating the primary rights statement of the resource
dcterms:rightsHolder containing a URI for the rights holder
Property | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
edm:rights | Rights statement | URIs from Creative Commons, RightsStatements.org, other other vocabularies, minting new URIs as needed |
dcterms:rightsHolder | Rights holder | URIs from common vocabularies |
Recommended Additional Properties
For a richer description of the rights status, we recommend the following properties to represent textual descriptions, links to explicit copyright information, and rights overrides (temporary licenses, embargoes, etc.):
Property | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
dc:rights | Rights description | Free text description of rights, such as administrative contact information, a description of the specific license terms, or other rights-related restrictions. |
marcrel:cpc | Copyright claimant (rights holder before rights expired) | |
premis:hasCopyrightStatus | Copyright status | URIs from PREMIS CopyrightStatus |
premis:hasCopyrightJurisdiction | Copyright jurisdiction | Country/jurisdiction codes from common vocabularies (e.g., ISO 3166) |
pcdmrts:rightsOverride | Rights statement override (temporary rights statement that overrides edm:rights, such as a temporary embargo or license) | URIs from Creative Commons, RightsStatements.org, other other vocabularies, minting new URIs as needed |
pcdmrts:rightsOverrideExpiration | Rights statement override expiration (date when status reverts to base edm:rights statement) | Date in a standardized format (e.g., W3C DTF profile of ISO 8601) |
Relevant Vocabulary Documentation
Archives Hub: http://data.archiveshub.ac.uk/def/
Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/ns
DC/DC Terms: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
Samvera Rights: https://github.com/samvera/hydra-head/wiki/Embargos-and-Leases
MARC Relators: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators.html
PCDM Rights (pcdmrts): http://pcdm.org/rights#