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Licence

Signed agreement to exploit a piece of IP such as a process, product, data, or software.

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· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

An official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something, usually after you have paid money and/or taken a test. Commonly used licences for access" class="text-primary underline-offset-2 hover:underline" data-autolinked="true" title="Open access — CASRAI Dictionary">open access works include Creative Commons licences. In the UK context, information about licences can be obtained from the IPO (Intellectual Property Office).

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JATS XML <role> element

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<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Licence"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/licence" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "Licence",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/licence/",
  "description": "Signed agreement to exploit a piece of IP such as a process, product, data, or software.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/compliance-and-regulatory/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/licence/",
  "sameAs": [
    "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/licence"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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