[cc-metadata] Extending CC Meta-Data
Brian Erdelyi
brian_erdelyi at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 8 07:57:40 EST 2006
Thanks for the W3 reference, I'll continue to familiarise myself with the format.
>From this example...
<License rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">
<permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction" />
<permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution" />
<requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice" />
<requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution" />
<prohibits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/CommercialUse" />
</License>
I would reference the software's license (likely proprietary) in the first line and follow it by the characteristics.
PERMIT, REQUIRES and PROHIBIT are the three types of characteristics that CC includes, and each can have specified values.
If I were to extend a vocabulary I would create additional characteristic types and specify possible values for each? I'll give this some thought to determine what works best. My initial thought is that I only need a characteristic that will describe OPERATION, BEHAVIOR or FUNCTIONALITY of the software.
Would adding additional values to the existing CC characteristics cause any problems or concern?
Brian
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