The RightsDeclarationMD Extension Schema allows the
documentation of minimal administrative metadata about the intellectual
rights associated with a digital object or its parts, and is to be used
as an extension to the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
(METS). RightsDeclarationMD contains the following top level elements:
1. RightsDeclaration: intellectual property rights associated with
digital asset or part of a digital asset; 2. RightsHolder: person or
organization holding some intellectual property rights to a given
digital asset or part of a digital asset; 3. Context: contains a
description of specific circumstances associated with who has what
permissions and constraints. RightsDeclarationMD also contains three
attributes, "RIGHTSDECID", "RIGHTSCATEGORY" and "OTHERCATEGORYTYPE".
"RIGHTSDECID provides a unique identifier for the right declaration
described. "RIGHTSCATEGORY" specifies whether the resource is
COPYRIGHTED, LICENSED, in the PUBLIC DOMAIN, CONTRACTUAL, or OTHER
which can be more fully described in the "OTHERCATEGORYTYPE" attribute.
Broad declaration of rights associated with
digital asset which would provide the public notice to user community of
the intellectual property rights associated with a given asset or part
thereof. Further explanation of specific circumstances can be
described within the Context element. RightsDeclarationTYPE has no
attribute.
Characteristics of person or institution holding
some rights to a given digital asset or part thereof. Has two attributes
"RIGHTSHOLDERID" used to uniquely identify the rights holder, and
CONTEXTIDS which provides a way to specifically link one or more context
situations as described within the CONTEXT element.
Name of rights holder organization, as identified
by the RIGHTSHOLDERID
Any comments necessary to explain, not covered
elsewhere
Information about the contact point for rights
holder organization, as identified by the RIGHTSHOLDERID. The contact
point for a resource may be an agency or organization representing the
rights holder rather than the rights holder per se. Each
RightsHolderContactTYPE may contain a RightsHolderContactDesignation,
RightsHolderContactAddress element, a RightsHolderContactPhone element,
and a RightsHolderContactEmail element.
Name or title of a contact person or institution
holding rights to a given digital asset, as identified by the
RIGHTSHOLDERID.
Mailing address of contact person or institution
holding rights to a given digital asset, as identified by the
RIGHTSHOLDERID.
Telephone number of contact person or institution
holding rights to a given digital asset or part thereof, as identified
by the RIGHTSHOLDERID. The PHONETYPE attribute has enumerated values of
"FAX", "BUSINESS", and "MOBILE".
Email address of contact person or institution
holding rights to a digital asset or part thereof, as identified by the
RIGHTSHOLDERID.
The "Context" element describes who has what
permissions and contraints within a specific set of circumstances.
"Context" includes four attributes, " CONTEXTID" an optional attribute
which can be used to assign a unique identifier for the circumstance
described, "RIGHTSHOLDERIDS", an optional attribute which provides a
means to specifically list the unique identifiers of one or more
RightsHolders who are involved in the Context scenario to be described,
"CONTEXTCLASS", and "OTHERCONTEXTTYPE". By means of the required
"CONTEXTCLASS" attribute, the group is defined to which a given context
relates. Enumerated values for this attribute include "ACADEMIC USER",
"GENERAL PUBLIC","REPOSITORY MGR", "MANAGED GRP", "INSTITUTIONAL
AFFILIATE", "OTHER". Local extensions to "OTHER" context classes can be
described in the "OTHERCONTEXTTYPE" attribute, as desired. "Context"
also contains three elements which further describe a specified context.
The element "UserName" allows the naming of the typical user or group
who would use the digital object within the described context. The kind
of user being named can be described by means of the attribute
"USERTYPE" which has values "INDIVIDUAL", "GROUP", "BOTH", or
"UNDEFINED". The element "Permissions" describes a set of uses to which
a digital object or part thereof can be put as defined by the rights
holder in a given context. "Permissions" has nine attributes which
describe the type of permissions including "DISCOVER", "DISPLAY",
"COPY", "DUPLICATE", "MODIFY", "DELETE", "PRINT", "OTHER", and
"OTHERPERMITTYPE" which allows the addition of local types of
permissions not included in the general list. Any restrictions that
need to be placed upon a set of permissions are described by the use of
the "Constraints" element. The "Constraints" element contains a
"ConstraintDescription" sub-element in which a narrative explanation can
be given about the constraint. The "Constraints" element has an
attribute "CONSTRAINTTYPE" which characterize the type of restrictions
imposed upon the users within a given context. Enumerated values for
the CONSTRAINTTYPE attributes include "QUALITY", "FORMAT", "UNIT",
"WATERMARK", "PAYMENT", "COUNT", "ATTRIBUTION", "RE-USE", "TIME",
"TRANSFERPERMISSIONS", "OTHER". Local extensions to "OTHER" can be
described in the "OTHERCONSTRAINTTYPE" attribute, as desired.