Re: Question about schema.org in a triple store?

Simon,

Thank you for the links.  I wasn't aware of the case history for this.

I think there's a typo in what you wrote though in that taxonomies are not
copy-writable.  Text in the document linked to in the first footnote says:

[2] The district court held that the Code cannot be copyrighted because it
catalogs a field of knowledge - in other words, that no taxonomy may be
copyrighted

I don't think that it changes your point though in what you cut and pasted
into the chain.  The ADA issued a taxonomy of terms and anyone could
promote that list of terms for use in submitting them for billing.  They
could not use the terms for derivative works though.  That seems the same
as with Schema.  Anyone can use the terms to submit them to the sponsors
via page mark up, but not other uses.  Dan mentioned that they may need to
look at that language as things have evolved since it was written.

Lloyd

Lloyd Fassett
Azteria Inc.
Bend, OR
(541) 848-2440 (PST)


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Simon Spero <sesuncedu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Note that whilst the taxonomy / ontology  is copyrightable by ADA v.
> Delta Dental [1], uses of the terms is not so covered (see sec. 12):
>
> "Section 102(b) precludes the ADA from suing, for copyright infringement,
> a dentist whose office files record treatments using the Code's
> nomenclature. No field of practice has been or can be monopolized, given
> this constraint. Section 102(b) permits Delta Dental to disseminate forms
> inviting dentists to use the ADA's Code when submitting bills to insurers.
> But it does not permit Delta to copy the Code itself, or make and
> distribute a derivative work based on the Code, any more than Baker could
> copy Selden's book."
>
> Section 102 refers to 17 USC 102 [2] ; Baker and  Selden were the parties
> in the case described in [3] (history of the case written by Pamela
> Samuelson).
>
> [1] http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/126_F3d_977.htm
> [2] http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102
> [3] http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=743545
>