discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>]

Firas D. wrote:
> An HTTP header? X-License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0

That presumably says the same thing as embedding rdf:about="" in a page 
(the current URI is licensed).

> This is exactly what I've been wondering about, and was going to collect 
> my thoughts a bit before proposing this, but:

Please do post more ideas! :)

> Does XMDP provide for a way to add semantics to values of the html class 
> attribute?
>
> So people can say
>
> <blockquote class="license-http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0";>
> <img class="license-http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0";>
> <embed class="license-http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0";>
>
> And so on.

I'm not sure what assertion your sample above is trying to make.  That 
an image is specifically licensed?  We can do that now with RDF.

> I suggest that the license for each object referenced via an HTML 
> document be resolved this way:
>
> 1. License embedded in the file; if unavailable, then:
> 2. License in the license-* value of the class attribute of the HTML tag 
> that references it; if unavailable, then:
> 4. License in the X-License HTTP header.
>
> This is a bit like CSS in the way that the style referenced with the 
> most specificity is the style applied from clashing rules.
>
> The license of the HTML document itself should not count because that 
> would mean you can't reference any object without adding that the 
> license of the HTML document isn't inherited.

--
  Mike Linksvayer
  http://creativecommons.org/about/people#21