Reproduction Rights Information

Motivation for this unit has been the Reproduction Rights Information Group of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories and other domain expert knowledge, as well as interpretation of characteristic database schema elements from relevant collection management systems.

According to the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories, 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. It  should record  the following information categories.

1. Reproduction rights note
2. Reproduction rights owner