It's unclear how exactly Distribution's 'accessRestriction' property interacts with 'useRestriction' and 'cuiRestriction' (as well as 'rights', 'license' and 'accessRights').

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Name: Carrie Comstock

Affiliation: USEPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), Cummings.Carrie@EPA.gov

Type of issue: Schema, Editorial

Section # / Table #: 5.18.2 Distribution's access restriction property

Issue:

• Substantive Comment: It's unclear how exactly this interacts with 'useRestriction' and 'cuiRestriction' (as well as 'rights', 'license' and 'accessRights').

• Rationale: Clarity on documenting legal metadata would be helpful.

• Proposed Disposition: Clarification of which fields are appropriate in which circumstances.

Original email submission: USEPA-ScienceHub-FAIRness.Project.-.DCAT-US-3-AP.-.Comment.Review.Matrix.xlsx

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A section for legal metadata in usage guideline has been added in the specification. This section can be used as starting point for discussion and review by legal experts.