erights module

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What does an erights record represent?

A Rights record represents the legal or ethical documentation related to a given set of museum work or collections. For help with legal terms, consider this help doc. A rights record can represent one of the following:

• An Agreement - an MOU or non-copyright agreement
• That something is copyrighted by someone, and accompanied by a usage-license including non-exclusive licenses. (e.g. irn 46 for “(c) Field Museum - CC BY-NC”)
• A Permit - for permits that accompany transactions, exhibitions, projects, etc. (e.g., irn’s 678 - 699)
• That something is Public Domain - for records in the public domain/not under copyright
• Restrictions - to document cultural or other restrictions or specify internal use only.
• TK Label - Traditional Knowledge Labels.

A Rights Template - is used for generating one of the other types of Rights records specified above.

Examples of Permission Types (for Permits & Agreements):

• Collecting Permit
• Contract
• Controlled Permit
• Copyright License
• Import/Export/Transport Permit
• MOU
• MTA
• Operator License
• Possession Permit
• Restricted Collecting Permit

Current Sub class Status

Subclassed?: Yes

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Tab Switching:

• Column Name: RigType
• Lookup List: Rights Type
• Tab switching: Yes

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Record Types:

Agreement

• an MOU or non-copyright agreement

Copyright

• copyright accompanied by a license including non-exclusive licenses. (e.g. irn 46 for “(c) Field Museum - CC BY-NC”)

Permit

• for permits that accompany transactions, exhibitions, projects, etc. (e.g., irn’s 678 - 699)

Public Domain

• for records in the public domain/not under copyright

Restrictions

• to document cultural or other restrictions or specify internal use only.

TK Label

• Traditional Knowledge Labels.

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Record Structure:

Flat. (There are no attachments to records of the same module.)

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Fields

Mandatory

Unique

Ditto Skip

Insert Defaults

Query Defaults

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Software Dependencies

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Resources -> Tools

• NONE

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Summary String(s)

Default

[RigType] + RigOwner.NamFullName + ” - ” + RigOtherNumber + Year from RigDate

e.g. (irn 224):  [Public Domain] - URL

Rights Type (RigType)

= Copyright

“(c)” + RigOwner.NamFullName + “ - “ + RigOtherNumber + Year from RigDate

e.g. (irn 47):  (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC-SA

= Permit

[RigType] + “ - “ + [new Permit Title field] + “ : “ + “ : “ RigCommencementDate] + (if RigExpiryDate not null) “ - ” + RigExpiryDate

e.g. (irn 682):  [Permit] - Title : ( - 31 Dec 2015)

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STRUCTURAL CHANGES: Rationale

Reason(s) for Change Request [version 2]]

Status

• Version 5.1
• Funded - [In live]
• FMNH Specific customisation

Details

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