Licenses

Schema.org License

• https://schema.org/license

  • URL

  • CreativeWork

License as URL

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

License as CreativeWork

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "license": {
    "@type": "CreativeWork",
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  }
}

License as SPDX URL

• Use a simple URL

• SPDX creates URLs for many licenses including those that don’t have URLs

• From a source that harvesters can rely on (e.g. use URL to lookup more information about the license)

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0"
}

OR, include both the SPDX and the Creative Commons URLs in an array:

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org/",
  "license": ["https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-4.0", "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"]
}