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.

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

Version

• 2
• 2.5
• 3.0

Jurisdiction

NOTE: There is no need to put generic or unported for the default general 6 primary licenses

• belgium
• be
• us
• unitedstates
• etc

Examples

• A piece of music licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
  • tags: creativecommons, attribution, 3.0
• A piece of music licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Belgium
  • tags: creativecommons, attribution, 2.0, belgium, be

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.