CIDOC Guidelines for Museum Object Information: Reproduction Rights Information Group

This page is part of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories: a description of the Information Categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. For an outline of the Information Groups and Categories in the Guidelines, turn to the introductory list.

Reproduction Rights Information Group

Purpose:

Reproduction rights information supports Accountability and Access. The recording of this information ensures that a museum is in a position to ensure that intellectual, reproduction, and usage rights relating to the object are protected.

Information categories:

Reproduction rights note
Reproduction rights owner

Examples:

Reproduction rights note: Restrictions apply to UK use only
Reproduction rights owner: Wellcome Trust

Notes:

This Information Group may be recorded more than once to cover multiple owners of reproduction rights as well as different types of restrictions of use.

Reproduction rights note

Definition:

A description of the nature of the Reproduction rights which are owned and the restrictions of use of the object which apply.

Examples:

Not-for-profit reproduction permitted but only after confirmation with owner.

Notes:

This Information Category may be recorded as many times as necessary for different restrictions relating to a single Reproduction rights owner.

Move to beginning of Reproduction rights

Reproduction rights owner

Alternate names:

Definition:

The person, organization, or group of people who own the reproduction or other rights of use to the object.

Examples:

National Gallery of Art, London

Notes:

It may be necessary to use controlled terms for this Information Category. Refer to the "Content and terminology control" section in the Introduction for further guidance on sources of controlled terminology.

Move to beginning of Reproduction rights

Move to outline of the Information Groups and Categories or the next section of the Guidelines, Subject depicted

file: guiderep.htm; author: CIDOC; updated June 1995