15. Access Rights (M)

datacite:rights

15.1. Cardinality

Mandatory

Occurrence: 1

15.2. Definition and Usage Instruction

Access right of the resource.

Information about the right or mode the resource can be accessed. If the metadata describe more than one resource, e.g. fulltext and supplementary material, the access right of the main resource should be provided.

Use terms from the COAR Access Right Vocabulary (occurrence: 1).

conceptURI	label
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2	open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_f1cf	embargoed access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec	restricted access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb	metadata only access

Note

Unlike DataCite, OpenAIRE restricts the use of this property to indicate the access right.

Do Not Confuse With

• License Condition (R) (Use oaire:licenseCondition for license information related to the resource.)

Remarks

• former versions of the OpenAIRE Guidelines used the info:eu-repo-Access-Terms vocabulary.

15.2.1. Property accessRights (M, 1)

Use the label of the vocabulary term as value.

15.2.2. Attribute uri (M)

Use the conceptURI of the vocabulary term.

15.3. Example

<datacite:rights rightsURI="http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2">open access</datacite:rights>