rightsStatement.md

rightsStatement

Usage

Mandatory

Type

closed controlled vocabulary

Controlled vocabulary reference and/or values

openAccess, restrictedAccess

Definition/Explanations

The name of an official statement indicative of licensing terms for the use of a resource (e.g. open access, free to read etc.); its semantics should be clear, preferrably formally expressed and stored at a url.

Relation to other metadata schemas

• DCMI: skos:closeMatch dct:accessRights
• DataCite 4.0: skos:closeMatch datacite:rights