Hi Robert et al,
[disclaimer: I have little experience of research data]
On 09/01/17 10:48, Robert Darby wrote:
> - removing the legal attribution requirement does not affect the
> creators’ right to receive credit through acknowledgement and
> citation, which is enforced through the norms of scholarly
> communication;
I think this is key. <https://www.w3.org/TR/void/#license> says also:
> While a publisher may want to facilitate reuse of their data with a
> very liberal rights statement, they may still wish to point to some
> community norms. Norms are non-binding conditions of use that
> publishers would like to encourage the users of their data to adopt.
>
> A common community norm is ODC Attribution Sharealike. In brief, it
> asks that changes and updates to the dataset are made public too,
> that credit is given, that the source of the data is linked, that
> open formats are used, and that no DRM is applied:
>
> http://opendatacommons.org/norms/odc-by-sa/
It also references an RDF term (waiver:norms) that allows you to be
explicit about the community norms to which you encourage users of your
dataset to adhere.
ODC Attribution Sharealike looks very much like a good thing.
All the best,
Alex
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