Documentation

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'''Welcome to the Creative Commons Documentation project!'''

This is a page for critical documentation about large scale CC specifications, recommendations, white papers, tutorials and other pieces that need to be written to explain various facets of Creative Commons across the board.

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'''Many ways to contribute'''

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'''Top 5 Docs'''

''These are in order of general relevance and promotion.''

# [[Media:Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons? flyer]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227788/creativecommonsinformationalflyereng scribd.com])
# [[Media:Creativecommons-what-is-creative-commons_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons?]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227452/creativecommonswhatiscreativecommonseng scribd.com])
# [[Sharing_Creative_Works|Sharing Creative Works Comics]] - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing
# [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-and-marking-your-content_eng.pdf|Licensing and Marking Content]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227448/creativecommonslicensingandmarkingyourcontenteng scribd.com])
# [[Media:Creativecommons-integration-with-your-website_eng.pdf|Creative Commons Integration With Your Website]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227446/creativecommonsintegrationwithyourwebsiteeng scribd.com])
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== Creative Commons Explained ==
Documents that aim to explain CC and licensing.

* [[Media:Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons? flyer]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227788/creativecommonsinformationalflyereng scribd.com])
* [[Media:Creativecommons-what-is-creative-commons_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons?]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227452/creativecommonswhatiscreativecommonseng scribd.com])
* [[Media:Creativecommons-what-is-creative-commons-poster_eng.pdf|What is Creative Commons? poster]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227451/creativecommonswhatiscreativecommonspostereng scribd.com])
* [[Media:Creativecommons-how-to-license-poster_eng.pdf|How To License poster]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227445/creativecommonshowtolicensepostereng scribd.com])
** [[Media:Cc-fullpage-promo-svg.zip|Inkscape SVG source files]] (zip)
* [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-and-marking-your-content_eng.pdf|Licensing and Marking Your Content]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227448/creativecommonslicensingandmarkingyourcontenteng scribd.com])
* [[Sharing_Creative_Works|Sharing Creative Works Comics]] - A general introduction to copyright and CC licensing ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227656/creativecommonssharingcreativeworkseng scribd.com])
** [[Media:Sharingcreativeworks.zip|Inkscape SVG source files]] (zip)
* [[Media:Creativecommons-encouraging-the-ecology-of-creativity_eng.pdf|Encouraging the Ecology of Creativity]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227443/creativecommonsencouragingtheecologyofcreativityeng scribd.com])
* [http://creativecommons.org/about/ccvideos/ CC Videos]
** See the videos on [http://creativecommons.blip.tv/ blip.tv], [http://www.dotsub.com/home/user/index.php?target=1838 dotsub], [http://revver.com/u/ccommons/ revver], or [http://youtube.com/user/commonscreative youtube]
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Comics CC Comics]

== ccLearn ==
* [[Media:Cclearn-information-flyer.pdf|ccLearn Informational Flyer]] (pdf)

== Developer ==
* [[Developer]] - Documentation for software developers.

== FAQ ==
* [[FAQ]] - Important documentation of frequently asked CC questions.

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== Integration Best Practices ==
* [[Web Integration]]
** [[Media:Creativecommons-integration-with-your-website_eng.pdf|Creative Commons Integration With Your Website]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227446/creativecommonsintegrationwithyourwebsiteeng scribd.com])
* [[Application Integration]]
* [[Desktop Integration]]

== Legal ==

* [http://creativecommons.org/about/license/ License Your Work]
* [[Before Licensing]]
* [[Legal Concepts]]
* [[Podcasting Legal Guide]]

== Mailing list archives ==
* [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-community/ cc-community]
* [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-licenses/ cc-licenses]
* [http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/cc-devel/ cc-devel]

== Marking ==
* [[Marking]] - How to properly mark various media with Creative Commons licenses.
** [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-and-marking-your-content_eng.pdf|Licensing and Marking Content]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227448/creativecommonslicensingandmarkingyourcontenteng scribd.com])
* [[Metadata]] - an overview of Creative Commons metadata
** [[ccREL]] - describing license metadata in a machine readable way and attaching it to digital works
** [[Marking_Works_Technical|Metadata Marking]] - technical background on machine-readable metadata

== Metrics ==

* [[Metrics|Metrics in progress to assess CC-license adoption]]
* [[License_statistics|License Statistics]]
* [[Media:Statistics-from-the-CC-Monitor-project_eng.pdf|Statistics from the CC Monitor Project]] (pdf)
* [[Media:Taking-stock-of-the-creative-commons-experiment_eng.pdf|Taking Stock of the CC Experiment]] (pdf)
* [[Media:License-use-five-years-on_eng.pdf|License Use Five Years On]] (pdf)

== Projects ==

=== [[CCPlus|CC+]] ===
How do Creative Commons and Commercial entities work together to get artists and companies paid? [[CCPlus|CC+]] is an effort to address that.

* [[Media:Creativecommons-ccplus-cczero-pressrelease_eng.pdf|CC+ press release]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227438/creativecommonsccpluscczeropressreleaseeng scribd.com])
* [[Media:Creativecommons-ccplus-overview-for-the-world-wide-web_eng.pdf|CC+ Overview]] (pdf) | ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227439/creativecommonsccplusoverviewfortheworldwidewebeng scribd.com])
* [[Media:Creativecommons-ccplus-technical-implementation-for-the-world-wide-web_eng.pdf|CC+ Technical Implementation]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227440/creativecommonsccplustechnicalimplementationfortheworldwidewebeng scribd.com])
* [http://support.creativecommons.org/videos#ccp "How Creative Commons licenses can interact with commerce"] video ([http://blip.tv/file/464274 blip.tv]) ([[CCPlus_video_script|script]])

=== [[Cczero|CC0]] ===

* [[Media:Creativecommons-ccplus-cczero-pressrelease_eng.pdf|CC0 press release]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227438/creativecommonsccpluscczeropressreleaseeng scribd.com])

== Staff Contributions ==
* Explore [[:Category:Presentation|CC conference participation]].
* Explore [[:Category:Staff_Publication|CC staff publications]].
* Explore staff presentations and slideshows online!
** [http://www.slideshare.net/mlinksva Mike Linksvayer], Vice President
** [http://www.slideshare.net/ericcc/slideshows Eric Steuer], Creative Director
** [http://www.slideshare.net/nyergler/ Nathan Yergler], CTO
** Jon Phillips, Community + Business Developer
*** [[http://www.slideshare.net/rejon/ Slideshare Slides]
*** [http://www.scribd.com/people/view/3525-jon-phillips Scribd Docs and Slides]

== Technical Documentation ==
* [[Media:Creativecommons-embedded-metadata-with-xmp_eng.pdf|Embedded Metadata with XMP]] (pdf) ([http://www.scribd.com/doc/2227441/creativecommonsembeddedmetadatawithxmpeng scribd.com])

== White Papers ==
* [[Media:Creativecommons-licensing-for-public-sector-information_eng.pdf|Creative Commons Licensing for the Public Sector]] (pdf)

== Help Translate Documents ==

Please help CC translate these documents into other languages. For the documents written in English already uploaded to this site, we've included the standardized 3-character language code, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes ISO 639-2]. For example, the Web Integration PDF is labeled "Creativecommons-webintegration_eng.pdf". A Japanese translation of the same document would be labeled "Creativecommons-webintegration_jpn.pdf".

== Help Create Documents! ==
How do you see CC? While these documents can exist on this wiki just fine and is a great way to get started, below is a package consisting of the Scribus document and files necessary to make documentation. Please post up any of your creations on this page!

*[[Media:Cc-general-open.zip|Information page framework]] — Scribus source
*[[Media:Cc-info-doc-layout.zip|Information page framework]] — InDesign source

Please help us complete these!

=== Teaching Creative Commons ===
How should you go about teaching Creative Commons ideas to a general audience?
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=== Creative Commons in the classroom ===
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=== Creative Commons Overview for your Company ===
An overview of Creative Commons for a company.
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=== Creative Commons + Open CourseWare Legal Guide ===
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