Rights - mountainwestdl/mwdl-map GitHub Wiki

Element Label rights
Definition Information about rights held in and over the resource. Rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
Describes Original resource
Required Required
Repeatable Yes
How to Use Use Rights to describe the copyright status of the access file. Best practices for this field will include an applicable URI from the linked rights schemes.

Additional information such as copyright holder and contact information (if applicable), and physical ownership rights (if applicable) can be displayed in additional local field refinements. If it is not possible to use a Creative Commons or rightsstatement.org statement, a standardized string can also substitute.

See General Guidelines for Digital Metadata under “Copyright” for more information applicable to all types of rights.
Refines/Refinement Other specialized Dublin Core elements can refine rights but are not frequently used. These include:

  • accessRights
  • license
  • rightsHolder
Consult DCMI Terms for definitions
Schemes
DC Mapping dcterms:rights
MARC Mapping 540
MODS Mapping accessCondition
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