[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Subjects: Metadata Rights Declarations

[Dan Michelson]

Hi Kate,

First a disclaimer: I'm neither a lawyer nor a copyright expert.

I would think that AAT subject records would ideally link to their licensing
statement
<https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/obtain/index.html>.
It's of less importance than making sure an institution's own description
has clear rights declarations, but it seems like it could be helpful for
systems outside the GLAM world which may not inherently know that AAT data
can be reproduced.

As a side note, I also want to be clear that while *DACS *requires metadata
rights to be declared, it does *not *have to be done using the
ArchivesSpace Metadata Rights Declaration subrecord.  That's just a good
way to make it machine-actionable in a way that a statement on the PUI
footer (which complies with the *DACS *requirement) is not.

All the best,

Dan

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:50 PM Bowers, Kate A. <kate_bowers at harvard.edu>
wrote:

> If your subjects and agents are coming from thesauri (not initiated in
> your own repository) I’m not sure what rights statements about this
> metadata would be applicable. For example, if you are using AAT or any of
> the Getty thesauri: https://www.getty.edu/legal/copyright.html
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> *On Behalf Of *Dan
> Michelson
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2022 12:20 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Subjects: Metadata Rights
> Declarations
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>
> Hi Jim,
>
>
>
> The short answer is no.
>
>
>
> The longer answer is that the only reason this is the case is that "DACS
> does not provide rules for the construction and maintenance of subject
> authorities
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__saa-2Dts-2Ddacs.github.io_dacs_08-5Fpart-5FII_01-5Fintroduction-5Fto-5Farchival-5Fauthority-5Frecords.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=wwc_Z_TbmWbPFh7My2zRxmrGgCNO-71Fwzlmd8YZVUY&m=VMyLFO24TF-LH4XDYTrEVNy_4zrwq12boKRnkgUm3BTE557h3hSeTQ195FL2kvx_&s=DjIwL0EwlKJb8nvPk_e_bpFJ162X6AFs8EiinDE2OyM&e=>."
> If it did, TS-DACS would have made the rights statement a requirement for
> subject authorities when it was introduced.  In my view, there is no
> downside to including such declarations in subject authority records.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
>
> Dan Michelson (formerly TS-DACS co-chair)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 11:07 AM James E. Cross <jcross at clemson.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Are metadata rights declarations a required element for subject authority
> records under *DACS* 13.11 as they are for name authority records?
> Unfortunately *DACS* only discusses them in relation to names. Thank you.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Jim Cross
>
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