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This is a list of uses CC ''licenses'' for data. For uses of CC0 public domain dedication for data, see [[CC0 use for data]]. | This is a list of uses CC ''licenses'' for data. For uses of CC0 public domain dedication for data, see [[CC0 use for data]]. | ||
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| − | === | + | ===Australian government data=== |
| − | * government data - three of the largest sources of Australian government data sets - [http://www.abs.gov.au Australian Bureau of Statistics], [http://www.ga.gov.au/ Geoscience Australia] and the still beta [http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] - are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ CC BY 2.5 Australia] and/or [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC BY 3.0 Australia] . Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines, to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce]. | + | * government data - three of the largest sources of Australian government data sets - [http://www.abs.gov.au Australian Bureau of Statistics] [[Case_Studies/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics|Australian Bureau of Statistics]], [http://www.ga.gov.au/ Geoscience Australia] and the still beta |
| + | [http://data.australia.gov.au/ data.australia.gov.au] - are all licensed by default under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/ CC BY 2.5 Australia] and/or [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ CC BY 3.0 Australia] . Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The [http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/Home/%C2%A9+Copyright?opendocument#from-banner=GB ABS] and [http://www.ga.gov.au/copyright.jsp Geoscience Australia] have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines, to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the [http://mashupaustralia.org/ Mashup Australia] competition run by Australia's [http://gov2.net.au/ Government 2.0 Taskforce]. | ||
** over 50 datasets released on data.australia.gov.au http://data.australia.gov.au/ for the Mashup Australia contest: http://mashupaustralia.org/ | ** over 50 datasets released on data.australia.gov.au http://data.australia.gov.au/ for the Mashup Australia contest: http://mashupaustralia.org/ | ||
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===Poland=== | ===Poland=== | ||
* [http://www.equal.org.pl/baza.php?lang=pl Equal Program projects database] - Polish Ministry of Regional Development has required materials produced in the scope of the EQUAL program, collected in a Project Database on the Ministry site, to be licensed under a Creative Commons license. | * [http://www.equal.org.pl/baza.php?lang=pl Equal Program projects database] - Polish Ministry of Regional Development has required materials produced in the scope of the EQUAL program, collected in a Project Database on the Ministry site, to be licensed under a Creative Commons license. | ||
| − | + | ===[[Case_Studies/Powerhouse_Museum,_Sydney|Powerhouse Museum]]=== | |
| + | * [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com Powerhouse Museum] - releases a large range of material under CC, including its [http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/ photo of the day], [http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/ downloadable pdfs] from its Play program and the museum's general [http://www.creativecommons.org.au/node/225 collection information and data]. | ||
===Spain=== | ===Spain=== | ||
* The Basque government opened a portal called Open Data Euskadi http://opendata.euskadi.net/ that uses CC BY 3.0 Spain. | * The Basque government opened a portal called Open Data Euskadi http://opendata.euskadi.net/ that uses CC BY 3.0 Spain. | ||
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* [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], including all affiliated websites such as [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions] | * [http://data.gov.uk/ data.gov.uk], including all affiliated websites such as [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/opendata/licence/ Ordinance Survey's] maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [http://data.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions] | ||
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=== DBpedia === | === DBpedia === | ||
*structured information extracted from Wikipedia | *structured information extracted from Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 19:28, 27 January 2011
This is a list of uses CC licenses for data. For uses of CC0 public domain dedication for data, see CC0 use for data.
Contents
Data and CC license use cases
Australian government data
- government data - three of the largest sources of Australian government data sets - Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Bureau of Statistics, Geoscience Australia and the still beta
data.australia.gov.au - are all licensed by default under CC BY 2.5 Australia and/or CC BY 3.0 Australia . Together these sites provide free access to all of Australia's census data, official geoscientific information and knowledge, and other miscellaneous government data (such as the location of public toilets). The ABS and Geoscience Australia have detailed copyright and attribution guidelines, to assist with user implementation. data.australia.gov.au played a major role in the Mashup Australia competition run by Australia's Government 2.0 Taskforce.
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- over 50 datasets released on data.australia.gov.au http://data.australia.gov.au/ for the Mashup Australia contest: http://mashupaustralia.org/
Greece
- http://geodata.gov.gr/geodata/ CC BY-SA 3.0 Greece
- http://opengeodata.gr CC BY 3.0 Greece, first implementation of the INSPIRE directive
New Zealand
- The Ministry for the Environment’s Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence on the Koordinates website - http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/news_and_events/news/koordinates_showcases_govt_cc_datasets
Poland
- Equal Program projects database - Polish Ministry of Regional Development has required materials produced in the scope of the EQUAL program, collected in a Project Database on the Ministry site, to be licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Powerhouse Museum
- Powerhouse Museum - releases a large range of material under CC, including its photo of the day, downloadable pdfs from its Play program and the museum's general collection information and data.
Spain
- The Basque government opened a portal called Open Data Euskadi http://opendata.euskadi.net/ that uses CC BY 3.0 Spain.
United Kingdom
- data.gov.uk, including all affiliated websites such as Ordinance Survey's maps. "aligned to be interoperable with any Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence" [1]
DBpedia
- structured information extracted from Wikipedia
Freebase
MusicBrainz
- http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_License
- MusicBrainz is an early example (note their recognition that parts of the MusicBrainz database is strictly factual, so in the public domain, while other parts are licensible).
OpenStreetMap
- http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/20350
- http://de.creativecommons.org/openstreetmaporg/
- http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OpenStreetMap
