Now that I understand the interest in representing material that was explicitly found in the file, let me check my understanding about what specifically is expected to be recorded. (1) In the file: [s

The discussion of "license information" (as contrasted with "licenses") suggests possible value in slightly generalizing the list of standard licenses to a list of standards shortnames. From the sprea

"License Information in File" Yes, that is better. And, that avoids “detected”. From the phone call this morning, I understand people read different things into that word. -- Scott

None would imply that one looked and none was found. Absence of the field would not imply whether there was or was not any license information in the file. For example, if someone wanted to use the SP

I have a revision to my proposal below. The file format should permit uses where no assertion about what licensing information is or is not explicitly present in the file. In those cases the field cou

With the intent that I heard on the phone this morning, calling the second license field "Detected License" or "Declared License" will confuse people as to the intended meaning of the information in t

Kate and Peter -- I am trying to understand the meaning and value of "detected" and/or "declared" as distinguished from "your best guess", i.e., "asserted". What would be the value of the detected or