<license>
License Information
Set of conditions under which the content may be used, accessed, and
distributed.
Attributes
Content Model
<!ELEMENT license %license-model; >
Expanded Content Model
((ali:license_ref | license-p)+)
Description
Any one of:
This element may be contained in:
Example 1
A license permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction:
...
<book-meta>
<book-id>...</book-id>...
<pub-history>...</pub-history>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright: © 2004 Eichenberger
et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2004</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access"
xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the
terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>...</abstract>
</book-meta>
... Example 2
A Copyright Clearance Center statement:
...
<book-meta>...
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>...</copyright-statement>
<license license-type="ccc">
<license-p>0003-6951/2006/88(5)/051101/3/<price>$23.00</price></license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>...</abstract>
</book-meta>
... Example 3
An example of licensing and usage rights changing over time. The content is under a
proprietary license at first (initial publication) and then under a CC BY license a year later:
...
<permissions>
<license>
<ali:license_ref
start_date="2014-02-03"
xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">
http://www.psychoceramics.org/license_v1.html</ali:license_ref>
<ali:license_ref
start_date="2015-02-03"
xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</ali:license_ref>
</license>
</permissions>
...