discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

[Brian Erdelyi <brian_erdelyi AT yahoo.com>]

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