<copyright-holder>

Copyright Holder

Name of the organizational or personal entity that holds a copyright.

Remarks

Duplication with the <copyright-statement>: The name of the copyright holder is typically text within the copyright statement, as this statement is expected to be displayed. For purposes of searching and metadata extraction, Best Practice is to repeat the copyright holder name using this <copyright-holder> element.
Multiple copyright holders: When a standards document has more than one copyright holder (for example, dual copyrights for two separate SDOs):

Related Elements

There are three copyright elements which may be contained in the <permissions> grouping element:
  • <copyright-statement>, which is a textual statement of the copyright intended for print and display (This full statement usually contains the copyright holder’s name and the year among other information.);
  • <copyright-year>, a metadata element that names just the copyright year (This is intended for metadata searching and aggregation and is typically not displayed.); and
  • <copyright-holder>, also a metadata element that is typically not displayed.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language of an Element

Model Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<permissions>

Example 1

Copyright statement and single copyright holder:
...
<std-meta>
 ...
 <permissions>
  <copyright-statement>ASME is the registered trademark of The American Society 
   of Mechanical Engineers.</copyright-statement>
  <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
  <copyright-holder>THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS</copyright-holder> </permissions>
</std-meta>
...

Example 2

Copyright year and holder with no copyright statement:
...
<iso-meta id="profile.int">
 ...
 <secretariat>...</secretariat>
 <permissions>
  <copyright-year>2006</copyright-year>
  <copyright-holder>ISO</copyright-holder>
 </permissions>
</iso-meta>
...

Example 3

Two copyright holders:
...
<permissions>
 <copyright-statement>© NACE International/ASTM International 
  2015 – All rights reserved</copyright-statement>
 <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
 <copyright-holder>NACE International</copyright-holder>
 <copyright-holder>ASTM International</copyright-holder>
 <license>
  <license-p>All rights reserved</license-p>
 </license>
</permissions>
...

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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