Element: Rights
- Interpretation: A rights management or a usage statement, an identifier that links to a rights management or usage statement, or an identifier that links to a service providing information about rights management for and/or usage of the resource. A statement concerning accessibility, reproduction constraints, copyright holder, and/or inclusion of credit lines. Absence of RIGHTS in a record does not imply that the resource is not protected.
- Guideline Use a pointer to Terms and Conditions or copyright statements for Internet resources. Ensure proper agreement between the RIGHTS value and the resource in hand—do not, for example, link reproduction notices for digital surrogates to analog objects.