- From: Matthias Tylkowski <matthias@binarypark.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:20:12 +0200
- To: public-vocabs@w3.org
- Message-ID: <53C635BC.9050802@binarypark.org>
Hello Everyone, as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/> License states you can do anything with the Schema classes and properties what you like: put them in your triple store, mix them with other ontologies, use them im your software, ... Regards Matthias Tylkowski Technischer Leiter Binarypark UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Erich-Weinert-Str. 1 03046 Cottbus Tel +49 (0)355 692931 Fax +49 (0)355 694171 info@binarypark.org http://binarypark.org Am 16.07.2014 09:48, schrieb Marc Twagirumukiza: > Hi there, > +1 Bernard. > I would debate this topic of reusing schema.org predicates and > classes in other vocabularies in two ways: > One, purely licence level. There, like my colleague am not a lawyer > but I think we need to handle this in simple way: schema.org would > decline any responsibility of any use of the predicates/classes beyond > defined EUL. No prevent to re-use but this doesn't bind schema.org > terms and conditions. > The second level is at scientific/consistency level: e.g. schema.org > documentation says: "It is also explicitly not a goal to support > automated reasoning, medical records coding, or genomic tagging, all > of which would require substantially more detailed (and hence high > barrier-to-entry) modeling and markup". Currently schema.org is being > largely used in clinical model patterns-despite this statement, but > again here it's at user's risk. > Further discussions on this may be required. > > Kind Regards, > * > Marc Twagirumukiza | **Agfa HealthCare* > Senior Clinical Researcher | HE/Advanced Clinical Applications Research > T +32 3444 8188 | M +32 499 713 300 > > http://www.agfahealthcare.com <http://www.agfahealthcare.com/> > http://blog.agfahealthcare.com <http://blog.agfahealthcare.com/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Click on link to read important disclaimer: > http://www.agfahealthcare.com/maildisclaimer > > > > From: Bernard Vatant <bernard.vatant@mondeca.com> > 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> > Date: 16/07/2014 09:22 > Subject: Re: Question about schema.org in a triple store? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Hi all > > And what about reusing _schema.org_ <http://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_ <http://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_ <http://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_ > <mailto:martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org><_martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org_ > <mailto:martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org>>: > On 15 Jul 2014, at 23:21, Lloyd Fassett <_lloyd@azteria.com_ > <mailto: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_ <http://schema.org/>to mark-up your content. This > scenario is well-covered by the existing terms. > > 2. Use _schema.org_ <http://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_ > <http://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_ <http://schema.org/>. In this scenario, you use > _schema.org_ <http://schema.org/>AND content from third parties. The > sponsors of _schema.org_ <http://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_ <http://schema.org/>or third parties. In > scenario 1, the sponsors of _schema.org_ <http://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_ <mailto:martin.hepp@unibw.de> > phone: _+49-(0)89-6004-4217_ <tel:%2B49-%280%2989-6004-4217> > fax: _+49-(0)89-6004-4620_ <tel:%2B49-%280%2989-6004-4620> > 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_ <http://www.mondeca.com/> > Follow us on Twitter : _@mondecanews_ > <http://twitter.com/#%21/mondecanews> > ----------------------------------------------------------
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