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  • From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT gondwanaland.com>
  • To: "Thomas, Alexander" <athom09 AT emory.edu>
  • Cc: "cc-devel AT lists.ibiblio.org" <cc-devel AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-devel] Querying All License and Versions
  • Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:38:24 -0800

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Thomas, Alexander <athom09 AT emory.edu> wrote:
> Nathan,
>
> Is This the RDF you are referring to
> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/index.rdf (link provided by Mike)?

Probably. :)

> If so I can sees how to get the URI and Name and image but don't see how
> to get the Description.

If you mean by "Description" a brief text like those at
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/#licenses there is no
programmatic way; those are just translated in
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/CC with no lookup by license, but
maybe that is something that ought be done by a CC programmer (none
exist at this moment).

Probably the closest existing thing to a description useful for
programs other than the license name is the content found at a license
URI, ie, the deed. Another approach would be to construct your own
description by pretty-printing permits/requires/prohibits statements
you find.

Mike




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