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Provenance Tracking In A Commons Of Geographic Data, David B. Mccurry
Provenance Tracking In A Commons Of Geographic Data, David B. Mccurry
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Advancement in digital archiving technologies provides researchers with a multitude of methods for sharing their research and data digitally with others. However, when acquiring data from others directly or indirectly the law often imposes an assumption of copyright in the dataset acquired. This creates a difficult legal situation affecting future use and creation of derivative works from the data. A digital commons may be defined as a shared resource in which creators of contributed materials (data) grant a legal right for all others to use the material under the provisions of an open-access license. This thesis hypothesizes that an approach …