Section D: The Rights Element
- Within this section:
- D.1. Rules for the Rights Element
Purpose of this section
This section contains the rules about creating metadata records using the Rights element (number 4).
D.1. Rules for the Rights Element
D.1.1. Name
D.1.2. Definition
Information about the rights for management of information resources, such as copyright, or access terms and conditions applying to the resource being described.
D.1.3. Purpose
The Rights element will be displayed to the searcher as significant information about copyright of resources, and access constraints for a resource or service.
This element is not a primary search point, and can be text or a pointer to a URI address which contains a copyright statement.
D.1.4. Obligation
D.1.5. Element refinements
D.1.6. Encoding Schemes
None compulsory - but use URI - Uniform Resource Identifier - for reference to web-pages.
D.1.7. Default value
Crown Copyright New Zealand yyyy (where yyyy represents the current year)
D.1.8. Scope and Interpretation
Although this element is optional, its use is highly recommended when information resources or services are being described.
Although the NZGLS metadata describing the resource might be freely available, the actual resource or service may have some restrictions on it regarding access. If this is the case, then the Rights element should be used to describe access terms and conditions. Note that there is no way of enforcing the access policy through the metadata, and agencies will need some kind of external mechanism to do this.
If a resource or service is freely available without any restrictions or conditions on usage, then this element should be left blank.
Note that this element should only be used for intellectual property rights or restrictions on access to a resource or service. Details on where and how to get at the resource or service should be recorded in the Availability element, not here. The Rights element deals with who can legitimately have access to a resource or service. Availability deals with how to obtain.
D.1.9. How to use this element when describing a service
When describing rights to access a service in this element, the agency will need to create free text describing who can access the service and why. For example, the service may only be available to New Zealand citizens.
D.1.10. The role of Rights in the Portal
Displayed on metadata full record screen.
D.1.11. Examples
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The Minister may refuse to issue a New Zealand passport in any of the following cases: Where the applicant has not attained the age of 16 years and has not produced the written consent of one of his or her parents or guardians to the issue of a passport to him or her: Where: There is in force a warrant issued in New Zealand for the arrest of the applicant; or The applicant is on bail or is subject to a sentence of supervision under the Criminal Justice Act 1985, or is subject to conditions of release under Part 6 of that Act; or The applicant is required by an order made by any New Zealand Court to remain in New Zealand, or to refrain from obtaining a passport, or to surrender a passport: Where the applicant already holds a New Zealand passport and there is no sufficient reason why another passport should be issued to him or her. This document may be copied provided the source is acknowledged |
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Crown Copyright, New Zealand, 2001 |
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