ODRL Profile for Linked Data

Dear ODRL community,

In the last months a growing number of voices within the Semantic Web 
community has claimed for a licensing language for Linked Data and data 
in general.

First, there is a vast amount of open data provided by public 
institutions whose open licenses are demanded in a digital format. 
Second, the economical value of some Linked Data datasets is being now 
recognized, and there is the need for a language to publish offers with 
a price and richer conditions. Third, access to Linked Data is being 
normalized, and if there are to be access control systems, expressive 
policies specific for Linked Data will also be required.

These needs can be addressed by using ODRL if properly extended. 
Therefore, we make a call for a proper ODRL Profile for Linked Data to 
exist.

We do not start from the scratch, there is a breeding ground. Different 
initiatives to define a language to license data have arosen [1-4] where 
RDF has been the language of choice.
While the terms in LDR [1] have been directly derived from the ODRL 
Ontology, the rest of them are in essence also compatible with the ODRL 
schema.
Thus, I wonder...
Is there enough support or interest to specify such a profile?

If this is the case, I suggest we start collecting requirements and 
features the new language should cover.

Regards,
Víctor

[1] LDR - Linked Data Rights - http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ldr/ns#
[2] L4LOD - Licenses for Linked Open Data - http://ns.inria.fr/l4lod
[4] LIMO - LIMO Vocabulary Specification 3.0 - 
http://data.opendataday.it/LiMo/
[3] ODRS - Open Data Rights Statement Vocabulary - 
http://schema.theodi.org/odrs/
[5] ccREL - Creative Commons Rights Expression Language - 
http://creativecommons.org/ns

-- 
Víctor Rodríguez-Doncel
D3205 - Ontology Engineering Group (OEG)
Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial
Facultad de Informática
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Campus de Montegancedo s/n
Boadilla del Monte-28660 Madrid, Spain
Tel. (+34) 91336 3672
Skype: vroddon3

Received on Tuesday, 16 September 2014 22:20:21 UTC