The METASHARE Ontology provides elements to describe language resources. This "Rights Information for Language Resources" ontology provides the specific terms to describe the rights information
This ontology is the result of a cooperation between the METASHARE project and the LIDER project, in the framework of the W3C Linked Data for Language Resource Community Group
<http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/ms-c-nored> a odrl:Policy ; dct:hasVersion "1.0" ; rdfs:label "META-SHARE Commercial NoRedistribution" ; dct:alternative "MS C-NoReD" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:restrictionsOfUse ms:noRedistribution ; ms:restrictionsOfUse cc:Attribution ; ms:restrictionsOfUse cc:CommercialUse; ms:restrictionsOfUse ms:languageEngineeringResearch ; ms:licenseCategory ms:PUB ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, cc:DerivativeWorks , odrl:extract, odrl:aggregate, cc:CommercialUse ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; ] odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:languageEngineeringResearch ] odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:spatial "only at assignee's site" ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:Distribution ; ]; cc:legalcode <http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-share/meta-share-licenses/META-SHARE%20Commercial%20%20NoRedistribution_v0%207.pdf> ; rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-share/meta-share-licenses/Tabular%20Presentation%20of%20No%20redistribution%20Licences.pdf> .
This example corresponds to the Meta-Share Commercial-NoRedistribution-ForAFee license (see the text here)
The example shows a generic license:<http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/ms-c-nored-ff>and its use for being applied to a resource.
:resource a dcat:Distribution ; dct:license <http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/ms-c-nored-ff> ; gr:hasPriceSpecification [ gr:hasCurrencyValue "400"^^xsd:float; gr:hasCurrency "USD"^^xsd:string ]. ] . <http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/ms-c-nored-ff> a odrl:Policy ; dct:hasVersion "1.0" ; rdfs:label "META-SHARE Commercial NoRedistribution For-A-Fee" ; dct:alternative "MS C-NoReD-FF" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:restrictionsOfUse ms:noRedistribution, cc:Attribution, cc:CommercialUse, ms:languageEngineeringResearch; ms:licenseCategory ms:PUB ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, cc:DerivativeWorks , odrl:extract, odrl:aggregate, cc:CommercialUse ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; ] ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action odrl:pay ; odrl:target :resource ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:languageEngineeringResearch ] odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:spatial "only at assignee's site" ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:Distribution ; ]; cc:legalcode <http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-share/meta-share-licenses/META-SHARE%20Commercial%20%20NoRedistribution_v0%207.pdf> ; rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-share/meta-share-licenses/Tabular%20Presentation%20of%20No%20redistribution%20Licences.pdf> .
This example corresponds to the META-SHARE Commons BY NC ND Licence license (see the text here)
<http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/ms-commons-byncnd> a odrl:Policy ; dct:hasVersion "1.0" ; rdfs:label "META-SHARE Commons BYNCND" ; dct:alternative "MS Commons BYNCND" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:restrictionsOfUse ms:onlyMSMembers, cc:Attribution, ms:academic-nonCommercialUse, ms:noDerivatives, ms:languageEngineeringResearch ; ms:licenseCategory ms:ACA ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, odrl:extract, odrl:aggregate ; odrl:assignee <http://example.com/MetaShareMembers> ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; ] odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:languageEngineeringResearch ] odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:spatial "only at assignee's site" ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:DerivativeWorks, cc:CommercialUse ; ]; cc:legalcode <http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-share/meta-share-licenses/META-SHARE%20COMMONS_BYNCND%20v1.0.pdf> ; rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.meta-net.eu/meta-share/meta-share-licenses/Tabular%20presentation%20of%20MS%20Commons%20Licences.pdf> . <http://example.com/MetaShareMembers > a odrl:Group .
This example corresponds to the CLARIN ACA BY license (see the text here)
<http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/clarin_aca_by> a odrl:Policy ; dct:hasVersion "1.0" ; rdfs:label "CLARIN ACAdemic BY" ; dct:alternative "CLARIN ACA BY" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:restrictionsOfUse cc:Attribution, ms:academicUser ; ms:licenseClarinCategory ms:ACA ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, odrl:extract, odrl:aggregate ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; ] odrl:constraint [ odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:industry ms:publicIntitution ] ; ]; rdfs:seeAlso <https://kitwiki.csc.fi/twiki/bin/view/FinCLARIN/ClarinEULA> .
This example corresponds to the ELRA END-USER agreement (see the text here)
<http://purl.org/ms-lod/rdflicense/elra-end-user> a odrl:Policy ; rdfs:label "LANGUAGE RESOURCES END-USER AGREEMENT" ; dct:alternative "ELRA-END-USER" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:conditionsOfUse cc:Attribution, ms:noDerivatives, ms:noRedistribution, ms:languageEngineeringResearch, ms:spatialConstraint, ms:forAFee ; ms:licenseCategory ms:RES ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, odrl:modify, odrl:translate ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; odrl:attributedParty ms:distributionRightsHolder ] ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action odrl:compensate ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:languageEngineeringResearch ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:spatial "only at assignee's site" ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:Distribution, cc:DerivativeWorks ]; cc:legalcode <http://www.elda.org/media/filer_public/2014/08/01/enduser_140312.pdf> rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.elda.org/en/services-around-lrs/distribution/licensing/> .
This example corresponds to the ELRA VAR agreement (see the text here)
<http://purl.org/ms-lod/rdflicense/elra-var> a odrl:Policy ; rdfs:label "LANGUAGE RESOURCES VALUE-ADDED-RESELLER AGREEMENT" ; dct:alternative "ELRA-VAR" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:conditionsOfUse cc:Attribution, ms:noRedistribution, ms:languageEngineeringResearch, ms:spatialConstraint, ms:forAFee ; ms:licenseCategory ms:RES ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, odrl:modify, odrl:translate, cc:DerivativeWorks ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; odrl:attributedParty ms:distributionRightsHolder ] ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action odrl:compensate ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:languageEngineeringResearch ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:spatial "only at assignee's site" ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:Distribution ]; cc:legalcode <http://www.elda.org/media/filer_public/2014/08/01/var_140312.pdf> rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.elda.org/en/services-around-lrs/distribution/licensing/> .
Standard licenses can be simply referenced. In case a resource is published under the CreativeCommons BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, the CreativeCommons' URI could be reference:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/If the detailed RDF version of this license is desired, then a possible RDF mapping could be referenced. Many of them are available in the RDFlicense dataset. In this case, the license to be referenced would be
http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/cc-by-nc-nd4.0(check here the RDF code)
A reference in XML could be simply made as follows:
<distributionInfo> ...nonlicensing metadata here... <license>http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/cc-by-nc-nd4.0</license> </distributionInfo>
The above URL (http://purl.org/NET/rdflicense/cc-by-nc-nd4.0) implements content negotiation
Some Meta-Share resources are licensed with a standard license (for example Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license) plus added terms. In this case, the license is no longer a well-known license but a new one. This is the case of the license applied to this examplary linguistic resource: a Dictionary of Antonyms in Bulgarian Language.
The original XML record is described as follows:
<distributionInfo> <availability>available-restrictedUse</availability> <licenceInfo> <licence>CC-BY-NC-ND</licence> <restrictionsOfUse>academic-nonCommercialUse</restrictionsOfUse> <restrictionsOfUse>noRedistribution</restrictionsOfUse> <distributionAccessMedium>accessibleThroughInterface</distributionAccessMedium> <downloadLocation>http://infolex.ibl.bas.bg/synomthes/antonimSearchPage.seam?cid=19</downloadLocation> </licenceInfo> <iprHolder> <organizationInfo> <organizationName lang="en">Institute for Bulgarian Language</organizationName> <organizationShortName lang="en">IBL</organizationShortName> <departmentName lang="en">Department of Bulgarian Lexicology and Lexicography</departmentName> <communicationInfo> <email>ibl@ibl.bas.bg</email> <url>http://ibl.bas.bg</url> <address>52 Shipchenski prohod Blvd., Bl. 17</address> <zipCode>1113</zipCode> <city>Sofia</city> <country>Bulgaria</country> <telephoneNumber>+35 92 97 92 948</telephoneNumber> </communicationInfo> </organizationInfo> </iprHolder> <availabilityStartDate>2013-01-21</availabilityStartDate> </distributionInfo>
The RDF version of the licensing info with the new vocabulary would be as follows:
:bulgarianDictionary a dcat:Distribution ; ms:distributionRightsHolder <http://langtech1.ilc.cnr.it:8000/repository/browse/dictionary-of-antonyms-in-bulgarian-language/d7abf49c68a811e281b65cf3fcb88b70ef60c6dce745433e949a1bad011aa6bf/#> odrl:deliveryChannel "Accessible Through Interface" ; dct:license :META-SHARElicenseAcademicBY-NC-ND . :META-SHARElicenseAcademicBY-NC-ND a odrl:Policy ; rdfs:label "Metashare Academic CC-BY-NC-ND"; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng>; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:DerivativeWorks ,cc:Reproduction, ldr:extraction, ldr:reutilization ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution , cc:Notice ] odrl:constraint [ odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:academicUse ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:CommercialUse, cc:Distribution ; ];
<http://purl.org/ms-lod/rdflicense/elra-var> a odrl:Policy ; rdfs:label "EVALUATION PACKAGES END-USER AGREEMENT" ; dct:alternative "ELRA-EVALUATION" ; dct:language <http://www.lexvo.org/page/iso639-3/eng> ; ms:conditionsOfUse cc:Attribution, ms:noRedistribution, ms:languageEngineeringResearch, ms:evaluation, ms:academic-nonCommercialUse, ms:forAFee ; ms:licenseCategory ms:RES ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action cc:Reproduction, odrl:modify, odrl:translate ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action cc:Attribution ; odrl:attributedParty ms:distributionRightsHolder ] ; odrl:duty [ odrl:action odrl:compensate ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:languageEngineeringResearch ] ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose ms:evaluation ] ; ] ; odrl:permission [ odrl:action odrl:copy ; odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:count 1 ; ] odrl:constraint [ a odrl:Constraint ; odrl:operator odrl:eq ; odrl:purpose odrl:archive ] ]; odrl:prohibition [ odrl:action cc:Distribution, cc:CommercialUse ]; cc:legalcode <http://www.elda.org/media/filer_public/2014/08/01/enduser_140312.pdf> rdfs:seeAlso <http://www.elda.org/en/services-around-lrs/distribution/licensing/> .
IRI: http://purl.org/ms-rights#Availability
IRI: http://purl.org/ms-rights#ConditionsOfUse
The conditionsOfUse optional element in the metadata is only to be taken as providing brief human readable information on the fact that the LR is provided under a specific set of conditions. These correspond to the most frequently used conditions imposed by the licensor of the LR (via the specified licence). The proper exposition of all conditions and possible exceptions is to be found inside the licence text. LR depositors should, hence, carefully choose the values of this field to match the licence chosen and users should carefully read that licence before using the LR.
IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#Distribution
Represents a specific available form of a dataset. Each dataset might be available in different forms, these forms might represent different formats of the dataset or different endpoints. Examples of distributions include a downloadable CSV file, an API or an RSS feed
IRI: http://purl.org/ms-rights#DistributionAccessMedium
Specifies the medium (channel) used for delivery or providing access to the resource
Availability status of the resource; conditionsOfUse can be further used to indicate the specific terms of availability