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Slot: Source License (SPDX) (source_license_spdx)

SPDX identifier of the source license, e.g. CC0-1.0, CC-BY-4.0. Use public-domain-us-gov for US federal data with no formal SPDX equivalent.

Tier: recommended

Why this slot matters

Without the license, downstream deposit and redistribution legality is unknowable — you cannot tell whether derived exposure values may be shared, deposited in a repository, or must stay private.

In plain terms

SPDX codes are standard short names for licenses, like CC-BY-4.0, so software can check reuse rules automatically. The license says what you are allowed to do with the data.

URI: envar:slot/source_license_spdx

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
SourceDataset The upstream gridded / station product the exposure values originate from no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range String
Domain Of SourceDataset

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Examples

Value
public-domain-us-gov
CC-BY-4.0

See Also

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
tier recommended
justification Without the license, downstream deposit and redistribution legality is unknowable — you cannot tell whether derived exposure values may be shared, deposited in a repository, or must stay private.
explanation SPDX codes are standard short names for licenses, like CC-BY-4.0, so software can check reuse rules automatically. The license says what you are allowed to do with the data.
covered_by None

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self envar:source_license_spdx
native envar:source_license_spdx

LinkML Source

name: source_license_spdx
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: recommended
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: Without the license, downstream deposit and redistribution legality is
      unknowable — you cannot tell whether derived exposure values may be shared,
      deposited in a repository, or must stay private.
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: SPDX codes are standard short names for licenses, like CC-BY-4.0, so software
      can check reuse rules automatically. The license says what you are allowed to
      do with the data.
  covered_by:
    tag: covered_by
    annotations:
      omop_gaia:
        tag: omop_gaia
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: gaia_db data_source.license; meta_dcat_*.json dct:license
          note:
            tag: note
            value: GAIA carries a license first-class but as a freeform string with
              no SPDX normalisation, so it only partly satisfies this SPDX-specific
              slot.
      degauss:
        tag: degauss
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: DeGAUSS carries no license field.
      amadeus:
        tag: amadeus
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Amadeus carries no license field.
      cher:
        tag: cher
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: table_dictionary rights (via rights FK)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: C-HER carries a required rights field, but it is not SPDX-coded,
              so it only partly satisfies this SPDX-specific slot.
      codata:
        tag: codata
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: out_of_layer
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: License is a discovery/rights concern above the DDI-CDI InstanceVariable
              layer CODATA scores.
description: SPDX identifier of the source license, e.g. `CC0-1.0`, `CC-BY-4.0`. Use
  `public-domain-us-gov` for US federal data with no formal SPDX equivalent.
title: Source License (SPDX)
examples:
- value: public-domain-us-gov
  description: US federal data (e.g. Daymet V4)
- value: CC-BY-4.0
  description: e.g. ACAG PM2.5 V5.GL
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
see_also:
- https://spdx.org/licenses/
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- SourceDataset
range: string