Rights: Conditions of use

Definition: Information about conditions of use stipulated by those holding "rights in and over a resource."(DCMI, DC.Rights)
Obligation: Optional
Type of element: Free text

Entry guidelines

Copyright notices and Rights-management statements should be quoted here. Information about required registration or authentication to use a resource should also be described for this element. Brief directions as to how the resource may be used should be given, with any warnings of how it may not be used. A hyperlink to information about such matters can be included.

When cataloguing a resource which has a web presence, but is not available over the web itself, please be careful to record the rights claimed for the learning and teaching resource itself, rather than for the web site.

When researching this information about a resource, it may be necessary to contact the rights holder(s) to ask them how they would like the resource to be treated. The contact details of any rights holders will be recorded separately in the database, and those involved will need to be contacted to request permission to store information about them in any case. Ideally, only one request for information about the resource and for permission to store information should be sent to each person/group involved. Guidelines to describe the procedure for requesting permission are being prepared as a separate document.