Attribution in ODRL

[carlyh-micb]

Question - what kinds of attribution do we want to support in ODRL?

1. you must attribute this specific party when you publish using the research data (e.g. a person or organization).
2. you must cite this specific publication when you publish using the research data (reference to a publication e.g. by DOI or URL?)
3. you must include this specific attribution text (given) when you publish using this research data.

??? What do people think? Do we need other examples?

Background information

Attribution in ODRL

ODRL (Open Digital Rights Language) supports attribution by providing specific actions and party functions that can be used directly within policy rules (such as Permissions or Prohibitions), without necessarily requiring a separate Duty.

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How Attribution is Supported

attribute Action

• ODRL includes a defined action called attribute.
• Meaning: "To attribute the use of the Asset".
• Can be applied directly to an asset within a rule.

Attribution Party Functions

To specify who should be attributed or who is responsible for attributing, ODRL provides specific party functions (sub-properties of the abstract function property):

• attributedParty
  The party to be attributed (person, organisation, etc.) — the entity receiving credit or acknowledgment.

• attributingParty
  The party responsible for performing the act of attribution.

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Attribution Without a Duty

While attribution can be expressed as a Duty (an obligation to perform an action), it is not limited to this.
The attribute action can be directly associated with a Permission, meaning:

• A party is permitted to use an asset if they also fulfill the attribution requirement.
• attributedParty and attributingParty can be specified within the Permission to define who is credited and who does the attribution.

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Example: Attribution as Part of a Permission

Scenario: A policy grants permission to distribute a photograph, but requires attribution to the original photographer.

{
  "@context": "http://www.w3.org/ns/odrl.jsonld",
  "@type": "Policy",
  "uid": "http://example.com/policy:PhotoAttribution",
  "permission": [{
    "target": "http://example.com/asset:MyGreatPhoto.jpg",
    "action": "distribute",
    "assigner": "http://example.com/photographer:JaneDoe",
    "assignee": "http://example.com/publisher:GlobalNews",
    "action": "attribute",
    "attributedParty": "http://example.com/photographer:JaneDoe"
  }]
}

Explanation of the Example

• @type: Policy (defaults to Set if no other type is specified).
• uid: Unique identifier for the policy.
• target: The asset in question (http://example.com/asset:MyGreatPhoto.jpg).
• action: distribute: Grants the right to distribute the asset.
• assigner / assignee: Defines the parties granting and receiving the permission.
• action: attribute: Specifies the attribution requirement.
• attributedParty: Identifies who must be credited (JaneDoe).

[ddooley]

We should evolve a curation guidebook for defining an action. I can see some principles already.

• An action should be defined in general, and then specialized with expressions about features that are specific to the prohibition, duty or permission rule they are ensconced in.
• An action is a behaviour/process that an agent (person / organization / bot) is engaged in as a participant. Agent roles (names for types of participant) vary among disciplines, and so vocabulary extensions may be needed to capture these adequately. Ideally a hierarchy of kinds of participant is constructed, one which all ODRL extensions can take advantage of, since each domain may have variations on more general roles, i.e. which require particular qualifications or capabilities, skills or occupations. A rule may may merit or require participation of an agent bearing a kind of role.
  Inspired by a material processing model,
• An action may transform a resource either by creating a new entity, adding components to one, taking parts away (even destroying it), or modifying its characteristics.
• An action may change a resource's context, e.g. relocating it, copying it to a new context, or even just referencing it.
• An action may have constraints on frequency, time of operation, or other dependent actions (processes) as parts or as preceding actions.

[carlyh-micb]

I agree, I started a document and added your points

https://github.com/ClimateSmartAgCollab/HUB-Governance/blob/main/Curation_guidebook.md

[carlyh-micb]

In the class Action is the instance attribute which is defined here: https://www.w3.org/TR/odrl-vocab/#term-attribute

      "action": "attribute",
      "attributedParty": "http://australia.gov.au/",

attributedParty is a role in ODRL. It can be either an individual or organization.

First - what are some other things we think researchers want to require attribution for, and then second where would they fit in ODRL and in our researcher-ODRL-vocabulary.

1. attributedGrant - a grant name or number that must be attributed.
2. attributedCitation - an identifier for a specific publication/presentation/etc. which must be attributed (e.g. a DOI value).
3. attributedText - a text quote that must be attributed verbatim when using the resource

more?

[carlyh-micb]

attributionQuote instead of attributedText?

[carlyh-micb]

attributedParty - the funder or sponsor? The party is there but not the specifics - Mary is the data collector but the funder was NSERC.

attributedParty - the distributor of the data - e.g. the archive source (Canadian Gallop poll).