Tagging
This page is meant to help people understand the best practices for tagging CC-licensed content on websites that do not directly support CC-licencing in their infrastructure.
Contents
Appropriate Tags
Creative Commons Tags
To denote a piece of Creative Commons licensed work, please use the following tags:
- creativecommons
- cc
License Tags
To differentiate between the various Creative Commons licenses, please use the following tags where applicable:
Main Licenses
- attribution
- noderivatives
- noncommercial
- sharealike
Other Licences
- gnugpl
- gnulgpl
- publicdomain
Media Description
License Reference
Included in the description for any media item should be a reference to the licence specifically chosen as well as a link to the licence URL.
