LCC, RDI and Copyright Hub

Linked Content Coalition (LCC)

(not for profit standards consortium)

Rights Data Integration (RDI)

(part-EU funded consortium)

• Principles of Identification• Principles of Messaging• Data Model (RRM)

<indecs>Late 1990’s

• ONIX – Books• DDEX – Music• DOI – General

2000’s

2011 +

2013 +

Hargreaves Review

Hooper Review

• Digital Copyright Exchange

Copyright Hub(development UK

government funded)

• Ontology• Repository/registry• Transformation engine• User interfaces

• Open source technology elements

RDI vs Hub

RDI• Ceases to exist end 2015

• Highly simplified, centralised technical architecture – focus on data flows

• Limited content search

• LCC-based ontology

Hub• Ongoing operation

• Distributed, standards-based architecture

• Sophisticated identifier index

• Will re-use RDI Ontology

The RDI core model.

Transformation Hub

1. Rights data comes from “Sources” in a range of different media types and in a range of different proprietary and standard formats.

Sources in RDI may be Rightsholders, rights managers, technical platforms, trade associations or CHIs.

2. Rights data is transformed, communicated and aggregated through a central hub based on the LCC data model.

Exchanges

Rights Users

Images (photos, graphics)

Music (works & recording)

Audiovisual(film, TV,

programmes)

Text (books, journals, news,

magazines)

3. Users query rights data from a range of different media types through user interfaces (“exchanges”).

Discover content

To discover creations by the use of descriptive

metadata (not the primary focus of the

project).

Discover licensor

To discover the identity of possible Licensor(s) of

a creation.

Discover terms

To discover the terms under which a License may be

granted. This may be a one-off or a blanket license,

commercial or free.

Request/grant license

To request a License for a particular use of a

creation from a Licensor and if appropriate to

receive a license.

Discover usable content

To discover creations which are available for use under the terms of

an existing Policy or License.

Discover status

To discover whether a particular use of a

creation is covered by the terms of an existing

License or Policy.

RDI will demonstrate a range of different user queries

Exchanges

Rights Users (businesses, teachers, bloggers, mashup artists, Moocs etc.)

Images (photos, graphics)

Music (works & recording)

Audiovisual(film, TV,

programmes)

Text (books, journals, news,

magazines)

Implications for Europeana ECL

3.3 “European-wide accessible register”

• Doesn’t need to be a central register, could just be a central routing device.

• Could be developed using open source technology developed by Hub

• Could just be the Hub?

• Opportunity to integrate commercial and non-commercial uses?