John Mark Ockerbloom
Apr. 11, 2006
Building a robust knowledge base
for copyright information
Usability: Should be easy
for humans and programs to comprehend as needed
Main machine-processing
requirement: Lookup
Inclusiveness: Make it
easy for researchers to contribute any relevant information
What work (journal,
issues
) is being referred to?
What is asserted about
its copyright?
What are the facts that
support this assertion?
Who is making the
assertion? (And perhaps: when?)
Reliability: Support
degrees of certainty and authority, audit (history) trail