Recommended Data License

Summary

E.g. the requirement that publishers should use Creative Commons or Open Database License.

Description

A recommended license can help to ensure that adopters give due consideration to licensing. Clearly and openly licensed data encourages data use by the wider community.

Prioritisation Factors

• If adopters are unlikely to consider licensing as part of their adoption process

• If adopters are likely to have concerns over how their data can be used

Deprioritisation Factors

• If the data that the standard relates to is already governed by a license restriction