1. Licensing Metadata
Julia Fallon, IPR & Policy Advisor, Europeana Foundation
The European Library Conference - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
17th
September 2013

2. The CC0 Licence
1. Waives your copyright and dedicates
the metadata to the Public Domain.
2. Allowing free reuse the
metadata with no restrictions.

3. CC0 encourages re-use
The most open way to share your
metadata, enabling LOD and
encouraging reuse by removing barriers.

4. CC0 encourages best
practice
Complimented by industry standards
and best practices that encourage
attribution and linking to original source

5. Digital objects (on the site of the provider)
RESTRICTED Metadata (descriptive object information)
Three types of Licence
Information is required
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BASIC Metadata (descriptive object information)
CC0
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6. Licence Conditions
Gratis?
Attribution
Required
Must Share
Original
File?
Non
Commercial
Use Only?
CC0 Y N N N
CC-BY Y Y N N
CC-BY-SA Y Y Y N
CC-BY-NC Y Y N Y
Your
Licence
? ? ? ?

7. Twelve Rights Statements available for
the Digital Object

8. CC0 encourages re-use
The most open way to share your
metadata, enabling LOD and
encouraging reuse by removing barriers.

9. CC0 encourages best
practice
Complimented by industry standards
and best practices that encourage
attribution and linking to original source

10. Thank you!
Questions?
Julia Fallon
The Europeana Foundation
Julia.fallon@kb.nl