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      		<h2>Describing Copyright in RDF</h2>
		<h3>Creative Commons Rights Expression Language</h3>
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		<p>The Creative Commons Rights Expression Language (CC
		  REL) lets you describe copyright licenses in RDF.
		  For more information on describing licenses in RDF
		  and attaching those descriptions to digital works,
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		<h2>Classes</h2>

		<div id="Work" about="#Work" 
		     typeof="rdfs:Class">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Work</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">a potentially
		    copyrightable work</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Work"></span>
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		<div id="License" about="#License" 
		     typeof="rdfs:Class">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">License</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">a set of
		    requests/permissions to users of a Work, e.g. a
		    copyright license, the public domain, information
		    for distributors</span>
		  <span rel="rdfs:subClassOf"
		    resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/LicenseDocument"></span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/License"></span>
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		<div id="Jurisdiction" about="#Jurisdiction" 
		     typeof="rdfs:Class">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Jurisdiction</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">the legal jurisdiction
		    of a license</span>
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		<div id="Permission" about="#Permission" 
		     typeof="rdfs:Class">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Permission</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">an action that may or
		    may not be allowed or desired</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Permission"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="Requirement" about="#Requirement" 
		     typeof="rdfs:Class">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Requirement</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">an action that may or
		    may not be requested of you</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Requirement"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="Prohibition" about="#Prohibition" 
		     typeof="rdfs:Class">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Prohibition</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">something you may be
		    asked not to do</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Prohibition"></span>
		</div>

		<h2>Permissions</h2>

		<div id="Reproduction" about="#Reproduction" 
		     typeof="cc:Permission">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Reproduction</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">making multiple
		    copies</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="Distribution" about="#Distribution" 
		     typeof="cc:Permission">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Distribution</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">distribution, public
		    display, and publicly performance</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="DerivativeWorks" about="#DerivativeWorks" 
		     typeof="cc:Permission">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Derivative Works</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">distribution of
		    derivative works</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/DerivativeWorks"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="Sharing" about="#Sharing" 
		     typeof="cc:Permission">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Sharing</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">permits commercial
		    derivatives, but only non-commercial
		    distribution</span>
		</div>

		<h2>Requirements</h2>

		<div id="Notice" about="#Notice" 
		     typeof="cc:Requirement">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Notice</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">copyright and license
		    notices be kept intact</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="Attribution" about="#Attribution" 
		     typeof="cc:Requirement">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Attribution</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">credit be given to
		    copyright holder and/or author</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="ShareAlike" about="#ShareAlike" 
		     typeof="cc:Requirement">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Share Alike</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">derivative works be
		    licensed under the same terms or compatible terms
		    as the original work</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/ShareAlike"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="SourceCode" about="#SourceCode" 
		     typeof="cc:Requirement">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Source Code</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">source code (the
		    preferred form for making modifications) must be
		    provided when exercising some rights granted by
		    the license.</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/SourceCode"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="Copyleft" about="#Copyleft" 
		     typeof="cc:Requirement">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Copyleft</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">derivative and
		    combined works must be licensed under specified
		    terms, similar to those on the original
		    work</span>
		</div>

		<div id="LesserCopyleft" about="#LesserCopyleft" 
		     typeof="cc:Requirement">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Lesser Copyleft</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">derivative works must
		    be licensed under specified terms, with at least
		    the same conditions as the original work;
		    combinations with the work may be licensed under
		    different terms</span>
		</div>

		<h2>Prohibitions</h2>

		<div id="CommercialUse" about="#CommercialUse" 
		     typeof="cc:Prohibition">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">Commercial Use</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">exercising rights for
		    commercial purposes</span>
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentClass"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/CommercialUse"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="HighIncomeNationUse" about="#HighIncomeNationUse" 
		     typeof="cc:Prohibition">
		  <h4 property="rdfs:label">High Income Nation Use</h4>
		  <span property="rdfs:comment">use in a
		    non-developing country</span>
		</div>

		<h2>License Properties</h2>

		<div id="permits" about="#permits" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:permits</h4> A 
		  <a rel="rdfs:domain" href="#License">License</a> 
		  <span property="rdfs:label">permits</span>
		  a <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="#Permission">Permission</a>.
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentProperty"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/permits"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="requires" about="#requires" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:requires</h4> A 
		  <a rel="rdfs:domain" href="#License">License</a> 
		  <span property="rdfs:label">requires</span>
		  a <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="#Requirement">Requirement</a>.
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentProperty"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/requires"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="prohibits" about="#prohibits" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:prohibits</h4> A 
		  <a rel="rdfs:domain" href="#License">License</a> 
		  <span property="rdfs:label">prohibits</span>
		  a <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="#Prohibition">Prohibition</a>.
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentProperty"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/prohibits"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="jurisdiction" about="#jurisdiction" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:jurisdiction</h4> A 
		  <a rel="rdfs:domain" href="#License">License</a> may
		  have
		  a <span property="rdfs:label">jurisdiction</span>,
		  as defined by <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="#Jurisdiction">Jurisdictions</a>.
		</div>

		<div id="legalcode" about="#legalcode" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:legalcode</h4> The <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource">
		  URL</a> of the legal text of a <a rel="rdfs:domain"
		  href="#License">License</a>.
		</div>

		<div id="deprecatedOn" about="#deprecatedOn" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:deprecatedOn</h4> A <a rel="rdfs:domain"
		  href="#License">License</a> may be deprecated;
		  provides the <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes#date">date</a> <span property="rdfs:label">deprecated
		  on</span>.
		</div>


		<h2>Work Properties</h2>

		<div id="license" about="#license" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:license</h4> A <a rel="rdfs:domain"
		  href="#Work">Work</a> <span property="rdfs:label">has
		  license</span> a <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="#License">License</a>. <br />
		  (a <a rel="rdfs:subPropertyOf"
		  href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/license">subproperty
		  of dc:license</a>, <a rel="owl:sameAs"
		  href="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/vocab#license">the
		  same as xhtml:license</a>)
		  <span rev="owl:equivalentProperty"
			resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/license"></span>
		</div>

		<div id="morePermissions" about="#morePermissions" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:morePermissions</h4> A 
		  <span rel="rdfs:subPropertyOf"
		  resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation">related</span>
		  <span rel="rdfs:range"
		  resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource">resource</span>
		  which describes additional permissions or
		  alternative licenses for a
		  <a rel="rdfs:domain" href="#Work">Work</a> which may
		  be available.
		</div>

		<div id="attributionName" about="#attributionName" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:attributionName</h4>
		  The <span rel="rdfs:range"
		  resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal">name
		  the creator</span> of a <a rel="rdfs:domain"
		  href="#Work">Work</a> would like used when
		  attributing re-use.
		</div>

		<div id="attributionURL" about="#attributionURL" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:attributionURL</h4> The <a rel="rdfs:range"
		  href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource">
		  URL</a> the creator of a <a rel="rdfs:domain"
		  href="#Work">Work</a> would like used when
		  attributing re-use.
		</div>

		<div id="useGuidelines" about="#useGuidelines" 
		     typeof="rdf:Property">
		  <h4>cc:useGuidelines</h4> 

		  A <span rel="rdfs:subPropertyOf"
		  resource="http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation">related</span>
		  <span rel="rdfs:range"
		  resource="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Resource">resource</span>
		  which defines non-binding use guidelines for the
		  <a rel="rdfs:domain" href="#Work">work</a>.
		</div>

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		   xlink:title="Creative Commons RDF Metadata Schema"
		   xlink:role="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#">
		  <p>RDF users might be interested in our
		  machine-readable <a href="schema.rdf">RDF
		  Schema</a>. A copy is also embedded in this
		  document.</p>
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