Re: Advocacy URL for publishing data with an explicit license
Chris and Tom's book [1] has a section [2] on this. Of course, it's for RDF specifically. [1] Tom Heath, Christian Bizer. Linked Data: Evolving the Web into a Global Data Space. http://linkeddatabook.com/ [2] 4.3.3 Licenses, Waivers and Norms for Data. In [1]. http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/#htoc48 Le 24/10/2011 20:28, Richard Cyganiak a écrit : Dear list, We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license Thanks, Richard
Re: Advocacy URL for publishing data with an explicit license
Talis has written about this issue or encouraged others to write for quite a while. Here are a few links. There are probably others I have forgotten about. http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2010/02/sharing-data-on-the-web.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/07/linked-data-public-domain.php http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2007/07/open_data_licensing_an_unnatur.php HTH Ian On Monday, October 24, 2011, Richard Cyganiak wrote: > Dear list, > > We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. > > Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? > > Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. > > My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: > http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license > > Thanks, > Richard >
Re: Advocacy URL for publishing data with an explicit license
Perhaps I'm introducing more complexity into the question than necessary. A bit of willful ignorance goes a long way here. With my app for ISWC[1] I ran into the problem of dct:creator vs dct:contributor with Public Sector Information - all from the UN. In the case of UN LOCODES I was reformatting and making an extract of an ACCESS data base (linked to dbpedia). The information was not available in any sort of web format, so I was rightly a dct:contributor, and the information was Public Domain [2]. In the case of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, I did not create, and contribution was nill. UNESCO was quite clear in their wishes concerning links [3] although they offer an XML version then ask you not to change anything (nod, wink). For the app I settled for a CC Public Domain Mark with a no Personally Identifiable Information caveat (hoping Charlemagne does not mind). --Gannon [1]http://www.rustprivacy.org/2011/phase/iswc2011/index.html [2] http://live.unece.org/cefact/locode/welcome.html [3] http://whc.unesco.org/en/disclaimer/ From: Richard Cyganiak To: public-lod@w3.org Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 1:28 PM Subject: Advocacy URL for publishing data with an explicit license Dear list, We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license Thanks, Richard
Re: Advocacy URL for publishing data with an explicit license
Try Lawrence Lessig's book, where he explains Creative Commons. http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Lessig/Free_Culture/Free%20Culture.htm#p282a On 10/24/2011 08:28 PM, Richard Cyganiak wrote: Dear list, We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license Thanks, Richard
Advocacy URL for publishing data with an explicit license
Dear list, We all know that data publishers *should* publish their data along with an explicit license that explains what kind of re-use is allowed. Can anyone suggest a good reference/link/URL that makes this case? A blog post or advocacy site or similar? Bonus points if it has specific recommendations for RDF. My preferred candidate so far is this – but it's not particularly strong on the “why”: http://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license Thanks, Richard
