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The goal of this HowTo is to provide a basic step-by-step guide to the technical concerns when incorporating CC license metadata functionality into your desktop application.

Below are the two main areas where integration can occur in your desktop application.
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== [[Desktop Integration/EmbeddingExample|Embedding of license metadata]] ==
Users are creating more and more media on their computers and they should be able to embed their license choice into those media files.

: '''Tools to use''':

:: '''[[Liblicense]]'''

: '''Best Practices Example''': [[Inkscape]]
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== [[Desktop Integration/DisplayExample|Display license metadata to user]] ==
The counter part to allowing content creators to embed their license choice in their media files is to enable media playing applications to display that information to the user.

: '''Tools to use''':

:: '''[[Liblicense]]'''

: '''Best Practices Example''': [[Banshee]]

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== Assistance ==

If you are hoping to adopt this, please contact Greg Grossmeier (greg [at] creativecommons.org) and/or http://creativecommons.org/contact

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=== See also ===

: Back to '''[[Desktop Integration]]'''
: '''[[Web Integration]]'''
: '''[[Developers]]'''