Adding a licence is an important first step

[ldodds]

The documentation says that the principles are "a simple set of guidelines about how to make structured information more useful on the Web."

But in the current revision adding a licence to a dataset is given as Step 5. Without a licence it's unclear if or how a dataset can be used.

A licence clarifies the intent of the data publisher. It also builds confidence in re-users who can have a better understanding of whether their intended use is permitted.

A licence is a fundamental part of making data usable. I think this should be the first step.

[dret]

On 2016-10-18 12:46, Leigh Dodds wrote:

The documentation says that the principles are "a simple set of guidelines about how to make structured information more useful on the Web." But in the current revision adding a licence to a dataset is given as Step 5. Without a licence it's unclear if or how a dataset can be used. A licence clarifies the intent of the data publisher. It also builds confidence in re-users who can have a better understanding of whether their intended use is permitted. A licence is an fundamental part of making data usable. I think this should be the first step.

all valid points, and i'd be more than happy to talk about this in more detail. please bear with me until i have re-organized the site into something a bit more flexible than the static HTML that it is right now. please stay tuned! ;-)

[dret]

that one took a while, my apologies. my goal is to work on this in the coming weeks. one of the things that makes sense to me is to not have an order here at all. of course ideally you'd like all stars, but there's no inherent order to them. so i have updated the page to reflect this. of course there still is an order of presentation, but i hope this helps to make clear that all of these issues are equally important.