- From: Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:19:38 +0200
- To: "martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org" <martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org>
- Cc: Lloyd Fassett <lloyd@azteria.com>, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>, W3C Web Schemas Task Force <public-vocabs@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAK4ZFVHwhQNzC_0JHAz2XFbVExFi3hOWMxYQWxpH+GvR+LQqTA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi all And what about reusing schema.org predicates and classes in other vocabularies? See http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov/details/vocabulary_schema.html for various (and growing) use and reuse cases. When the copyright ontology (of all vocabularies) at http://rhizomik.net/ontologies/copyrightonto.owl asserts that cro:PublicPlace rdfs:subClassOf schema:Place Does it bind by schema.org terms and conditions? And when I copy this triple here, do I? There are so many ways a vocabulary class and predicate can be used, either in the open Web or in data or application silos, that it seems impossible to enforce any kind of terms of use. Should every triple using a schema.org element assert its provenance? It seems a completely unrealistic requirement. Disclaimer :I'm not a lawyer, far from it ... 2014-07-15 23:51 GMT+02:00 martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org < martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org>: > On 15 Jul 2014, at 23:21, Lloyd Fassett <lloyd@azteria.com> wrote: > > > Melvin, Martin, > > > > I'm glad this thread started as it seems clear to me that the license > for Schema only applies to publishing information and have been meaning to > bring it up. I believe it's related to what Melvin is asking as his use > case is also an 'other than publishing' issue. There seems to be no right > to consume or use Schema markup in the license other than to publish > information using the markup. > > > > The key part from the license is > > > > "These Terms of Service govern your use of the Website, which contains a > schema specifying a vocabulary you can use in a web document " > > > > and then that part is covered by CC-AS3. > > > > Am I right? We can only publish but not consume or use the markup in > any other way? > > I think there are THREE main scenarios: > > 1. Use schema.org to mark-up your content. This scenario is well-covered > by the existing terms. > > 2. Use schema.org as a data structure in other scenarios, like software > applications, protocols, etc. In this scenario, it is particularly unclear > whether the resulting software is subject to the "share-alike" requirement. > It would be nice if the sponsors of schema.org could clarify this in > order to foster innovation. > > 3. Consume Web content from third party sites that are marked-up using > schema.org. In this scenario, you use schema.org AND content from third > parties. The sponsors of schema.org cannot grant you any rights on other > people's site content. > > In scenarios 2 and 3, you may also be violating patents held by the > sponsors of schema.org or third parties. In scenario 1, the sponsors of > schema.org will grant you a "an option to receive a license under > reasonable and non-discriminatory terms without royalty, solely for the > purpose of including markup of structured data in a webpage, where the > markup is based on and strictly complies with the Schema.". > > Best wishes / Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > Martin Hepp > > ------------------------------------------------------- > martin hepp > e-business & web science research group > universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen > > e-mail: martin.hepp@unibw.de > phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 > fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 > www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) > http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) > skype: mfhepp > twitter: mfhepp > > Check out GoodRelations for E-Commerce on the Web of Linked Data! > ================================================================= > * Project Main Page: http://purl.org/goodrelations/ > > > > -- *Bernard Vatant* Vocabularies & Data Engineering Tel : + 33 (0)9 71 48 84 59 Skype : bernard.vatant http://google.com/+BernardVatant -------------------------------------------------------- *Mondeca* 35 boulevard de Strasbourg 75010 Paris www.mondeca.com Follow us on Twitter : @mondecanews <http://twitter.com/#%21/mondecanews> ----------------------------------------------------------
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