OEO Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - licence
Label: licence

Definition:
A licence is an information content entity that contains an official permission or permit to do, use or own something.

Sub classes:
Definition:
A copyright licence is a licence that states the ownership and contractually sets the rights and obligations to use, copy, and distribute a creative work.

Definition:
A data licence is a licence that determines ownership, database protection, and permissions for data.

Definition:
An emission certificate is a licence that permits its holder/owner a specific emission value. An emission certificate can be traded at a CO2 market exchange.

Back to the super classes:
Definition:
A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing.

Editor note:
2014-03-10: The use of "thing" is intended to be general enough to include universals and configurations (see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/information-ontology/GBxvYZCk1oc/-L6B5fSBBTQJ).

Editor note:
information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some digital_entity in obi before split (040907). information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some physical_document in obi before split (040907). Previous. An information content entity is a non-realizable information entity that 'is encoded in' some digital or physical entity.