- From: Víctor Rodríguez Doncel <vrodriguez@fi.upm.es>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:18:53 +0200
- To: "<public-odrl@w3.org>" <public-odrl@w3.org>
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
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