This repository contains the implementation of interoperable rights statements developed for RightsStatements.org. More information about the motivation and implementation of these statements can be found in the following white papers:
- Recommendations for Standardized International Rights Statements
- Requirements for the Technical Infrastructure for Standardized International Rights Statements
The rights statements are currently implemented as a SKOS vocabulary serialized in Turtle.
If you have feedback, you can either open an issue on GitHub or contact one of the technical co-chairs:
- Mark A. Matienzo matienzo@stanford.edu
- Antoine Isaac aisaac@few.vu.nl
- The current rights statements are located in
rights-statements.ttl. Note that the RDF assertions within this file are organized to make translations easier. Committers should ensure they do not jeopardize this organization! - An example file, which contains rights statements with a different version and containing sample, unofficial translations, can be found in
example-versions.ttl.
- To implement translations, copy and paste entries from the completed Google Doc for the destination language.
- Confirm that there are no non-breaking spaces (
\u00A0), no "smart quotes", and no em- or en-dashes. - Note that new languages should be added/inserted for property values based on the order indicated in the Turtle. English should always appear first, and additional languages should appear in lexical order of their language tag.
See also notes on implementing translations for the rights app and the website for more information.