Maarten Sneep has created a pdflatex macro for embedding XMP in PDF files generated from LaTeX source, the de facto standard for scientific documents. As Maarten’s documentation points out, one may obtain XMP suitable for embedding via choose license process.
We have a tech challenge calling for Creative Commons and XMP support in open source applications. Follow Maarten’s lead!
Update: The software above is available via CTAN: the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network. The package is called xmpincl (the second link in this post points to a CTAN mirror). Also of note, xmpincl is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL.
Dear Sir,
what is the latex source for cc-by?
I also would be interested in the latex source for the legalcode for cc-by, if it were to be made available. I would like to make a little sewn booklet explaining and including this licence.
I just use a simple font drawing:
textcircled{begin{footnotesize}ccend{footnotesize}}
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
Some Rights Reserved
I can manage to include the XMP information in the PDF file, but I can’t manage to view it in the Document properties inside Adobe Reader 8.1.2. Any idea of why this happens? Any solution?
I can manage to include the XMP information in the PDF file, but I can’t manage to view it in the Document properties inside Adobe Reader 8.1.2. Any idea of why this happens? Any solution?
“one may obtain XMP suitable for embedding via choose license process.”
I can’t find how to get the XMP via the “choose a license process.”
To answer my own question if you go through the “choose a license process” including clicking on the “Select a Licence” then you will go to a long URL. In this URL change “results-one” to “xmp” so that
http://creativecommons.org/choose/results-one?…
becomes
http://creativecommons.org/choose/xmp?…
and go to that URL.
This will download an XMP file for the licence. I not sure if this XMP file is correct or complete.
Responding to my own comment. The XMP visible link is confirmed missing from the “Choose a License” page. An issue has been opened on this
http://code.creativecommons.org/issues/issue547
and an issue has been opened on missing attribution metadata in generated XMP file
http://code.creativecommons.org/issues/issue548
as currently none the information in “Additional Information” is put into the XMP file.
The link to Maarten Sneep of
http://www.nat.vu.nl/~sneep/index.php
gives a ‘404 Not Found’ (and mail to sneep@nat.vu.nl bounces).
The link could be changed to
http://www.xs4all.nl/~msneep/
I’m using Latex + xmpincl package to embed my CC license in the resulting PDF file. The License packet is embedded in the file (I can see it using a text editor on the pdf file), but cannot see it in any document property using Acrobat Reader 9.4 Pro (using the More Metadata button) or the plain one.
Any idea?
Thanks for the help!
mario
The XMP contains machine readable information. For human readable information :
– put small icons in your doc, either by including pictures (http://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/) or icons (package ccicons)
– fill the metadata of your pdf file with something like this in your preamble
ifpdf
pdfinfo {
/Title (My document)
/Author (Me – CC-Licence : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
/Subject (Human readable CC Licence)
/Keywords (pdfLaTeX, CC, licence, XMP)
}
fi