N060101e: Non-Web Notice Procedures 0.50

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1.1 There is a recommended form of notice for plain-text documents, whether encoded in simple text files, typewritten text, or printed documents (Creative Commons 2006b):

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

1.2 This model is used in nfoWare text files that carry notices for licensed works.

1.3 The notice usually appears near the bottom of text files along with any copyright notice and attribution statements.

1.4 Attribution statements are designed to be readable as text when viewed and printed. For licensed nfoWare works, there is usually the suggested attribution for the licensed work itself, along with any required attributions for sources on which the work is based. The model carries more information to ensure that non-web recipients can obtain license information.

2. Rich-Format Electronic & Printed Documents

2.1 Many rich-format documents with images and hyper-text links are intended to be read in printed form as well as using software viewers. Adobe PDF documents are of that form as are Microsoft Office Word documents and other word-processing and desktop-publishing document forms.

2.2 For nfoWare documents having rich-format electronic editions, the simple text notice is combined with a version of the web-document notice. The format is based on the following model:

2.3 The license notice will be aligned beneath the copyright notice in the customary location for the type of work (e.g., on the back of the title page of the work). Attribution statements, including one to be used for the licensed work itself, will be available nearby.

2.3.1 The distinctive and recognizable "Some Rights Reserved" license-mark image is included. If it is possible to create a web link on the image, the web-page notice format will be followed as closely as the document-format permits.
2.3.2 The "Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License" phrase will, in an electronic edition, provide a link to a nearby copy of the Attribution 2.5 Deed, if that is possible.
2.3.3 Similarly, the given URL will be supported as a link if that is achievable with the given electronic form.
2.3.4 Underlining will be absent if there is no link in the electronic version of the text material.

3. License Metadata

3.1 In addition to the visible license notice, there can be specialized metadata that provides machine-readable license information that is not revealed in the human-readable text. This is similar to properties information on electronic documents, although it might not be so readily observable (Creative Commons 2006d).

3.2 Along with the prospective inclusion of metadata as part of an electronic document's properties, a visual notice that provides for hypertext links might also provide metadata via RDF/XML comparable to that employed with Web-Page Notice Insertions (Hamilton 2006b).

Derivative Nature of this Work. This page is a derivative work of the Creative Commons "Choose a License" materials for the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. It makes use of elements that are the trademarks of Creative Commons in ways that comply with all terms of the Creative Commons Trademark Policy known at the time this page was created and published (Creative Commons 2006c). Those policies can be changed and the use of trademarks revoked at any time. Do not reproduce this material and the trademark elements without independently verifying your right to do so.
Citations. Citation of this page in works of scholarship should provide bibliographic information sufficient for independently locating and accessing the material. Variations of the first attribution are suitable (Hamilton 2006a).

Attribution:

Hamilton, Dennis E. (2006a)

Creative Commons License: non-Web Notice Procedures. Web page version 0.50, nfoWare.com, January 8, 2006. Available at <http://nfoWare.com/notes/2006/01/N060101e.htm>.


Creative Commons Corporation (2006a).

Choose a License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. Publish section, Creative Commons web site.   Available at <http://creativecommons.org/license/results-one?license_code=by> (accessed 2006-01-02 [cached .mht]) with derivative use under provision of Creative Commons Licensing [cached .mht].


Creative Commons Corporation (2006b).

Non-web Display Text: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. pop-up page, Publish section, Creative Commons web site. Available at <http://creativecommons.org/license/non-web-popup?lang=en&license_code=by&format=text> (accessed 2006-01-02 [cached .mht]) with derivative use under provision of Creative Commons Licensing [cached .mht].


Creative Commons Corporation (2006c).

Policies. Creative Commons web site. undated web page available at <http://creativecommons.org/policies> (accessed 2006-01-02 [cached .mht]).

The Creative Commons Public Copyright License Mark "Some Rights Reserved" is a trademark of Creative Commons Corporation used by permission under the Creative Commons Trademark policy [cached .mht] in effect on January 2, 2006.

Sources:

Hamilton, Dennis E. (2006b)

Creative Commons License: Web-Page Notice Procedure. Web page version 0.50, nfoWare.com, January 8, 2006. Available at <http://nfoWare.com/notes/2006/01/N060101f.htm>.

Creative Commons Corporation (2006d).

Metadata. Metadata subsection, Developers section, Creative Commons web site, undated web page. Available at <http://creativecommons.org/technology/metadata/> (accessed 2006-01-08).

Revision History:

0.50 2006-01-11-11:23 Make Proper Attribution and Use of Trademarks

The use of Creative Commons trademarks is placed in literal compliance with the Creative Commons Trademark Policy. Formal attribution is made. The commentary identifies the derivative nature of the work and includes appropriate attribution. The sections are numbered using a consistent permalink style and the content is updated to reflect how this practice applies to nfoWare.

0.00 2006-01-02-19:15 Establish procedure for non-Web Text Notices

The TROSTing infoNote i050403 counterpart of this material is updated with Attribution 2.5 links and information and adopted for use with nfoWare non-HTML documents.

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1. Simple Text Documents
2. Rich-Format Electronic & Printed Documents
3. License Metadata

1. Simple Text Documents

2. Rich-Format Electronic & Printed Documents

3. License Metadata