CC REL

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John bishop images: /* Examples of ccREL in the Wild */

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'''Creative Commons Rights Expression Language (ccREL)''' is a specification describing how license information may be described using RDF and how license information may be attached to works.
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ccREL is described in ''[[Media:Ccrel-1.0.pdf|ccREL: The Creative Commons Rights Expression Language]]'' (pdf), published March 3, 2008. An overview of the vocabulary is available with [http://creativecommons.org/ns# the namespace description].

ccREL metadata, as encoded using [[RDFa]] or [[XMP]], may be [[Marking Works Technical|embedded]] in a variety of [[:Category:Filetype|filetypes]]. Additional confidence may be added to embedded metadata through the use of [[WebStatement|web statement]].

We have also begun to explore extending ccREL for use by digital copyright registries. See [[CC Network Development]]'s [http://code.creativecommons.org/doc/commoner/metadata.html metadata documentation].

== Presentations ==

* [[Creative Commons Technology Summit 2009-06-26]], '''upcoming, CFP open'''
* [[Creative Commons Technology Summit 2008-12-12]], multiple
* [[An Introduction to ccREL and The Use of Semantic Technology at Creative Commons]]
* [[ccREL update]]
* [[Creative Commons Technology Summit 2008-06-18]], multiple
* [[Deploying the Semantic Web with ccREL and RDFa]]
* [[COMMUNIA January 2008]]

== Examples ==

=== Simple ===
<pre>
My Book by Jon Phillips is licensed under a

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License</a>.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at
<a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" rel="cc:morePermissions"
href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>.
</pre>

=== Advanced ===
<pre>


My Book by
<a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://rejon.org/my_book">Jon Phillips</a>

is licensed under a

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License</a>.


Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at
<a rel="cc:morePermissions"
href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>.


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== Examples of ccREL in the Wild ==

* [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse]
* [http://johnbishopimages.com/ johnbishopimages]

== See Also ==

* [[RDFa]] is the cored technology behind [[ccREL]]
* [[XMP]]
* [[ccPlus]] uses [[ccREL]]

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