It's important for Creative Commons to be able to talk about the impact that our licenses have on the web. Part of this involves collecting use cases from different domains and aggregating some useful metrics. The Case Studies database aims to enable that in addition to providing a way for our community to search and discover interesting uses. But in order for a database like this to be useful, it has to have good solid information.
Evaluation Guide
Quality
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Suggested Edits |
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| A-Class |
- Contains a concise and complete description of the use in well-written prose.
- Explains the novelty or importance of the use-case.
- Has complete information, including: an accompanying image with attribution information, quote, short description, and licensing metadata.
- Would be worthy of being featured elsewhere on the web.
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- No edits should be necessary unless new information becomes available.
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| B-Class |
- Contains good, complete descriptions of the use.
- Has an image and short description, but might be missing one or two data fields.
- May need small improvements writing style, gammar, spelling, etc.
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- Fill in missing or incomplete metadata.
- Fix any minor issues with writing style.
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| C-Class |
- Contains an adequate description (both short and full) of the use.
- Some missing image, quote, or metadata.
- May contain unclear language or obviously incorrect grammar.
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- Fill in missing or incomplete metadata, description, image, quote, etc.
- Improve prose of the Case Study. The Wikipedia Manual of Style is a good guide.
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| Start |
- Has the beginnings of descriptions about the use-case.
- Substantial information missing, such as a short description, image, or metadata.
- Could contain some metadata, but is mostly incomplete.
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| Stub |
- Has no description.
- Doesn't have more than one or two data fields.
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Guidelines:
- Quality should be re-assessed following any substantial edits to a Case Study.
Importance
| Importance |
Criteria |
Examples |
| High |
- The Case Study represents a highly successful and novel use case which illustrates the power of CC licensing.
- The site or platform using CC licensing is highly trafficked.
- The Case Study was an early adopter of CC licensing.
- The work or site under CC is of a form or produced in an industry that isn't typically associated with permissive licenses, and illustrates the compatability of Creative Commons with traditional media.
- For platforms or sites, the Case Study reports a very large volume of work or a community of users.
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| Medium |
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| Low |
- The Case Study is an example of a platform or artist using Creative Commons, but has not developed a community of users.
- For platforms or sites, the volume of work represented by the Case Study is low.
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Needs Evaluation
