New optional/mandatory element: Database authorship

[MartinR4838]

Since databases are protected by Directive 96/9/EC we should know who is the author of the database when acquiring it. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A31996L0009

[PhillipTommerholt]

Hi Martin Thank you for your comment. I have briefly skimmed the directive and will read it more intensively at a later point. But in the meanwhile: I guess the bottom line that there is a dataOwner and a databaseAuthor which might not be the same? A standard system for example which is in use in different organizations, and hence the different data in the databases have different dataOwners but the same databaseAuthor?

I can see a possible solution like this in metadata.xml:

Current first elements is this:

<dbname>
<dataOwner>
<dataOriginTimespan>
<>

Possible first elements could be this:

<dbname>
<dataOwner>
<databaseAuthor>
<dataOriginTimespan>
<>

We are in E-ARK3 currently beginning to work on a Content Information Type Specification for Relational Databases using SIARD describing how to store SIARD-files in an CSIP-package - and here another solution could be to have extra metadata and context documentation in files outside the SIARD-file within an CSIP-package - as the SIARD standard also recommends:

So I think there needs to be a discussion on where to put information like this.

Best regards Phillip

[MartinR4838]

Hi Phillip,

at this moment it´s just food for thought but the Legislation is clear especially in the articles 3 and 4. In my my eyes is element place for information about producer/institution which run and filled database with data during . And element can/should contain information who created the database. Structure of the database is apparently protected by copyright (article 3). I think that only in a minority of cases would these elements be the same. Determining database copyright may be a problem because some tables/functions can be added at the customer´s request but we should preserve this information and be aware of copyright.

[MartinR4838]

... eyes is element dataOwner And element databaseAuthor can/should...

[MartinR4838]

..during element dataOriginTime-span... clauses caused missing elements information. Sorry for that.

[MartinR4838]

And yes different data owners with same database author. It is common situation for small producers in CZ like schools, municipalities etc.

[PhillipTommerholt]

...t but we should preserve this information and be aware of copyright.

Definitely. In the Danish National Archives where I work - we are also very aware of this, and we do not hand out system information.

[audunlund]

This is a matter of documentation and should go into the CITS.