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Label |
DC.Rights |
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Definition |
Information about rights held in and over a resource. |
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Purpose |
Useful information to display (as part of the results display record) regarding copyright and/or access constraints associated with a resource. |
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Obligation |
Recommended |
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Qualifiers |
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Encoding Scheme |
URI |
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Examples |
<meta name="DC.Rights" content="© Department of Health and Children 2000"> <meta name="DC.Rights" content="http://oasis.gov.ie/about/copyright.html"> <meta name="DC.Rights" content="Copying permitted providing source is acknowledged"> |
A copyright statement is indicative of what a rights statement might entail.
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Recommendation Though not mandatory, if a resource includes a rights statement, it is recommended to indicate same in the DC.Rights element via a textual statement or a URI pointing to such. |