Intellectual Property

Note:

• In light of the closure of AESharenet, Intellectual Property standards will be updated in 2012. Meanwhile, AESharenet licences already in place are deemed valid. No new AESharenet licences should be put in place after 16th September 2011. E-standards for Training will be recommending use of Creative Commons licensing. (See http://creativecommons.org/ (Opens in new window))

Recommended standard
Describe the intellectual property rights and the conditions of use of digital resources
The Rights element <rights> of the VET Metadata Application Profile (Vetadata), in conjunction with the AEShareNet range of licence categories. http://e-standards.flexiblelearning.net.au/implementation/metadata/index.php http://www.aesharenet.com.au/coreBusiness

This method of coding for element 6.3 Rights. Description uses a combination of labels and values that is both machine and human readable.

Label	Value	Example
TITLE	The title given to this licence category	AEShareNet-U (Unlocked Content)
STATEMENT	The actual copyright statement	This Learning Material may be freely used, copied, adapted and distributed. Limited warranty. Enhancements not attributed to copyright owner.
URL	The URL with detailed information about the copyright conditions	http://www.aesharenet.com.au/U4/
SPECIAL_CONDITIONS	Any special conditions for the licence category	The territory is limited to Australia and New Zealand only.
COPYRIGHT_OWNER	The details of the copyright owner	XYZ
CONTACT	The publisher's nominated contact email for any copyright issues regarding the use of the learning object	copyrightinfo@xyzorganisation.com.au

This information is presented as a single string within the element rights.description, as shown in this example:

<rights>
<description>
<string language="en-AU"> TITLE: AEShareNet-U (Unlocked Content); STATEMENT: This Learning Material may be freely used, copied, adapted and distributed. Limited warranty. Enhancements not attributed to copyright owner.; URL: http://www.aesharenet.com.au/U4/; SPECIAL_CONDITIONS: The territory is limited to Australia and New Zealand only.; COPYRIGHT_OWNER: XYZ; CONTACT: copyrightinfo@xyzorganisation.com.au;</string>
</description>
</rights>

The standard vocabulary for use with the four AEShareNet instant licences (minus any SPECIAL_CONDITIONS, COPYRIGHT_OWNER or CONTACT, which will differ between resources) is:

Label	Value
TITLE	AEShareNet-FfE (Free for Education)
STATEMENT	This Learning Material may be freely used and copied – but not supplied to the public. Scope of Licence is limited to Educational Purposes.
URL	http://www.aesharenet.com.au/FfE2/

Label	Value
TITLE	AEShareNet-U (Unlocked Content)
STATEMENT	This Learning Material may be freely used, copied, adapted and distributed. Limited warranty. Enhancements not attributed to copyright owner.
URL	http://www.aesharenet.com.au/U4/

Label	Value
TITLE	AEShareNet-S (Share and Return)
STATEMENT	This Learning Material may be freely used, copied, adapted and distributed. But copyright in any Enhancements consolidates with the owner.
URL	http://www.aesharenet.com.au/S4/

Label	Value
TITLE	AEShareNet-P (Preserve Integrity)
STATEMENT	This Learning Material may be freely used, copied and distributed – in original form only.
URL	http://www.aesharenet.com.au/P4/

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