Open asmecher opened 2 months ago
Thanks to @rcgillis for the heads-up -- OAI-PMH does have tools for describing metadata licenses, both at repository (Identify verb) and set level: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/guidelines-rights.htm#repository_level
I'm just noting here for the record (because we chatted externally) that Crossref treats all incoming metadata (because of their API and agreement with members) as being "without copyright". https://www.crossref.org/documentation/retrieve-metadata/rest-api/rest-api-metadata-license-information/
I guess this is basically the same as CC0? I suppose? Anyway, just sharing this here on the ticket for posterity.
Currently, published content can be licensed in a machine-readable way using settings in the journal setup (or equivalent for OMP and OPS). These settings are stamped on individual submissions, accommodating possible change of journal license without altering the license for already-published content.
However, this license is generally understood to apply to the published content (the article full-text). The submission metadata may be licensed differently -- often more permissively, for example, to facilitate indexing.
Consider adding support for a journal-level metadata field for metadata licensing.
Considerations: