- From: Leigh Dodds <leigh@ldodds.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:14:30 +0100
- To: public-lod community <public-lod@w3.org>
Hi, There's one aspect of my document on publishing machine-readable rights statements that I want to flag to this community. Specifically its the section on including references to licence and rights statements from LINK headers in HTTP responses: https://github.com/theodi/open-data-licensing/blob/master/guides/publisher-guide.md#linking-to-rights-statements-from-web-apis While that information can also be published in RDF, as part of the Linked Data response, I think adding LINK headers is very important too, for several reasons: Linked Data applications and browsers will commonly encounter new resources and the licensing information should be immediately clear. Having this be accessible outside of the response will allow user agents to be able to clearly detect licences before they start retrieving data from a new source. This will allow users to place pre-conditions on what type of data they want to harvest/collect/process. A HEAD request can be made on a resource to check its licensing, before data is actually retrieved. Cheers, L. -- Leigh Dodds Freelance Technologist Open Data, Linked Data Geek t: @ldodds w: ldodds.com e: leigh@ldodds.com
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