16. Rights
Obligation: Optional
Occurrences: 0-n
Definition: Any rights information for this resource.
The property may be repeated to record complex rights characteristics.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Free text.
Provide a rights management statement for the resource or reference a service providing such information. Include embargo information if applicable.
Use the complete title of a license and include version information if applicable.
May be used for software licenses.
Examples:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Apache License, Version 2.0
Sub-properties:
Example XML
<rightsList>
<rights xml:lang="en" schemeURI="https://spdx.org/licenses/" rightsIdentifierScheme="SPDX" rightsIdentifier="CC-BY-4.0" rightsURI="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</rights>
</rightsList>
16.a rightsURI
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The URI of the license.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
16.b rightsIdentifier
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: A short, standardized version of the license name.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Example: CC-BY-3.0
A list of identifiers for commonly-used licenses may be found here: (https://spdx.org/licenses/).
16.c rightsIdentifierScheme
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The name of the scheme.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Example: SPDX
16.d schemeURI
Occurrences: 0-1
Definition: The URI of the rightsIdentifierScheme.
Allowed values, examples, other constraints:
Example: https://spdx.org/licenses/