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Rights

Label

DC.Rights

Definition

Information about rights held in and over a resource.

Purpose

Useful information to display (as part of the results display record) regarding copyright and/or access constraints associated with a resource.

Obligation

Recommended

Qualifiers

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Encoding Scheme

URI

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.

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.

 


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