Licence — CASRAI

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 open access works include Creative Commons licences. In the UK context, information about licences can be obtained from the IPO (Intellectual Property Office).

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element

xml

<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",
  "@id": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/licence",
  "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-regulatory#set",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/licence",
  "sameAs": [
    "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/licence"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-05-19T19:12:17",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}