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Libraries and legal regulation: Launch of the “Principles on Open Bibliographic Data”
The “Principles of Open Bibliographic Data” were launched at the symposium “Visions of a (Semantic) Molecular Future” held at the University of Cambridge (Great Britain).
The principles’ main recommendations read as follows:
- When publishing bibliographic data make an explicit and robust license statement.
- Use a recognized waiver or license that is appropriate for data.
- If you want your data to be effectively used and added to by others it should be open as defined by the Open Definition.
- Where possible, we recommend explicitly placing bibliographic data in the Public Domain via the Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) or CC0.
The initial idea for something like the Principles on Open Bibliographic Data dates back to May 2010 and originated in the German OKFN chapter. Originally, they were directed at the library world. It was not before July 2010 that the OKFN Working Group on Open Bibliographic Data started work on the principles - taking ideas (and text) from the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science.
Over time the principles also addressed the broader spectrum of producers of bibliographic data like scholars and publishers. In addition, a definition of bibliographic data was added in the first part of the document to clarify the principles’ scope.
Authors hope that this short and clear document will help to do much to promote the cause of open bibliographic data specifically and open knowledge more generally.