Appendix 1 - Glossary of Terms

NZGOAL
Introduction
Background
Policy Principles
Explanation of NZGOAL Licenses and Tools
Review and Release Process
Appendix 1 - Glossary of Terms
Appendix 2 - Key Features of New Zealand Copyright Law
Atom feed

means a type of web feed and one which uses the Atom syndication format. Web feeds, in turn, allow desktop and web-based software applications to check for updated content.[41]

BY

means the Creative Commons Attribution licence.

BY-NC

means the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial licence.

BY-ND

means the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works licence.

BY-NC-ND

means the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works licence.

BY-NC-SA

means the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial licence-Share Alike licence.

BY-SA

means the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence.

CC+

means the Creative Commons Plus protocol which is a means by which licensors can provide links to rights or rights-related information beyond the rights granted by a given CC licence.

Crown copyright

means the species of copyright conferred on copyright works created by or for the “Crown” as defined in the Copyright Act.

DIA

means the Department of Internal Affairs;

HTML

means Hypertext Markup Language, the predominant markup language for web pages.[42]

licence

means, in a copyright context, permission to deal with a copyright work in one or more ways which, without such permission, would constitute an infringement of copyright.

metadata

means data about data and is used to facilitate the description, understanding, management and usage of data.

NZGOAL

means this New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework.

RSS feed

means a type of web feed and one which uses one of a number of RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary) formats. Web feeds, in turn, allow desktop and web-based software applications to check for updated content.[43]

SSC

means the State Services Commission.

URL

means uniform resource locator, often referred to in popular language as a web address.[44]


[41] See further “Atom (standard)” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_feed.

[42] See further “HTML” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Html.

[43] See further “RSS” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_feed.

[44] See further “Uniform Resource Locator” at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL.