Towards Voluntary Interoperable Open Access Licenses for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

Title

Towards Voluntary Interoperable Open Access Licenses for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

 Author

Onsrud, H.
Campbell, J.
Van Loenen, B.

Faculty

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

 Department

Built Environment

 Date

2010-12-31

 Abstract

Access to earth observation data has become critically important for the wellbeing of society. A major impediment to achieving widespread sharing of earth observation data is lack of an operational web-wide system that is transparent and consistent in allowing users to legally access and use the earth observations of others without seeking permission from data contributors or investigating terms of usage on a case-by-case basis. This article explores approaches to supplying a license-based system to overcome this impediment in the context of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems. It discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the explored approaches and suggests an integrated legal and technological approach for supplying an effective web-wide sharing environment for earth observation data.

 Subject

licensing
usage Rights
Open Access
GEOSS

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.2902/1725-0463.2010.05.art8

 Publisher

European Commission Joint Research Centre

 ISSN

1725-0463

 Source

http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/article/view/168

 Source

International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, 5, 2010

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

(c) 2010 The authors
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