Assigning Creative Commons Licenses to Research Metadata: Issues and Cases

Marta Poblet*, Amir Aryani, Paolo Manghi, Kathryn Unsworth, Jingbo Wang, Brigitte Hausstein, Sunje Dallmeier-Tiessen, Claus Peter Klas, Pompeu Casanovas, Victor Rodriguez-Doncel

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    Abstract

    This paper discusses the problem of lack of clear licensing and transparency of usage terms and conditions for research metadata. Making research data connected, discoverable and reusable are the key enablers of the new data revolution in research. We discuss how the lack of transparency hinders discovery of research data and make it disconnected from the publication and other trusted research outcomes. In addition, we discuss the application of Creative Commons licenses for research metadata, and provide some examples of the applicability of this approach to internationally known data infrastructures.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)245-256
    Number of pages12
    JournalLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume10791
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

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