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What does an erights record represent?

A Rights record represents the legal or ethical documentation related to a given set of museum work or collections. For help with legal terms, consider this help doc. A rights record can represent one of the following:

  • An Agreement - an MOU or non-copyright agreement
  • That something is copyrighted by someone, and accompanied by a usage-license including non-exclusive licenses. (e.g. irn 46 for “(c) Field Museum - CC BY-NC”)
  • A Permit - for permits that accompany transactions, exhibitions, projects, etc. (e.g., irn’s 678 - 699)
  • That something is Public Domain - for records in the public domain/not under copyright
  • Restrictions - to document cultural or other restrictions or specify internal use only.
  • TK Label - Traditional Knowledge Labels.

A Rights Template - is used for generating one of the other types of Rights records specified above.

Examples of Permission Types (for Permits & Agreements):

  • Collecting Permit
  • Contract
  • Controlled Permit
  • Copyright License
  • Import/Export/Transport Permit
  • MOU
  • MTA
  • Operator License
  • Possession Permit
  • Restricted Collecting Permit

Current Sub class Status

Subclassed?: Yes

Tab Switching:

  • Column Name: RigType
  • Lookup List: Rights Type
  • Tab switching: Yes

Record Types:

Agreement

  • an MOU or non-copyright agreement

Copyright

  • copyright accompanied by a license including non-exclusive licenses. (e.g. irn 46 for “(c) Field Museum - CC BY-NC”)

Permit

  • for permits that accompany transactions, exhibitions, projects, etc. (e.g., irn’s 678 - 699)

Public Domain

  • for records in the public domain/not under copyright

Restrictions

  • to document cultural or other restrictions or specify internal use only.

TK Label

  • Traditional Knowledge Labels.

Record Structure:

Flat. (There are no attachments to records of the same module.)

Fields

Mandatory

Unique

Ditto Skip

Insert Defaults

Query Defaults

Software Dependencies

Resources -> Tools

  • NONE

Summary String(s)

Default

[RigType] + RigOwner.NamFullName + ” - ” + RigOtherNumber + Year from RigDate

e.g. (irn 224):  [Public Domain] - URL

Rights Type (RigType)

= Copyright

“(c)” + RigOwner.NamFullName + “ - “ + RigOtherNumber + Year from RigDate

e.g. (irn 47):  (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC-SA

= Permit

[RigType] + “ - “ + [new Permit Title field] + “ : “ + “ : “ RigCommencementDate] + (if RigExpiryDate not null) “ - ” + RigExpiryDate

e.g. (irn 682):  [Permit] - Title : ( - 31 Dec 2015)

STRUCTURAL CHANGES: Rationale

Reason(s) for Change Request version 2(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A9lYT0FQH7PJCzlzhwJbvjOK9Vu1RHx1NNd7Yx64sMY)]

Status

  • Version 5.1
  • Funded - [In live]
  • FMNH Specific customisation

Details

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