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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Is it possible to use the EML fields "license" and "licenseURL" for resources other than software, e.g., the actual dataset being described in the metadata? The license fields are part of the eml-software module which by definition "contains general information that describes software resources" and is "intended to fully document software that is needed in order to view a resource ...".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Setting aside the issue of whether datasets (as collection of facts rather than creative works) can actually be licensed, we want to capture machine-readable licence information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Presently, we are considering use of the intellectualRights for the GBIF EML profile to capture licence information: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><intellectualRights><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><para>This work is licensed under a <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License</citetitle></ulink>.</para><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal></intellectualRights><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But just being able to use something like this would be cleaner:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><eml:eml><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><dataset><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><license>CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication </license><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><licenseURL>http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</licenseURL><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal></dataset> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal></eml:dataset><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama@gbif.org), <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Senior Programme Officer for Interoperability, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>