RightsMD Extension Schema RightsMD contains administrative metadata describing ownership rights/restrictions on a digital archival object. RightsMD: RightsMD contains the following top level elements: 1. credit_line: additional information about the rights and restrictions; 2. registration: information about the registration of ownership; 3. restriction: information about the types of restrictions on a digital archival object. 4. rights_holder: information about the owner of the digital archival object; RightsMDType: Complex Type for encapsulating within a single parent element the individual digital text archival object elements that describe the rights and restrictions associated with an object or portion of an object. But note that the individual digital archival object elements that comprise the RightsMD schema can be used independently of the schema element and directly under a METS mdSec.dmWrap element. The individual elements that comprise a digital archival object are documented under their corresponding types. RightsMDType has a single attribute, ID (XML ID). credit_lineType: Complex Type for recording an credit line information about a digital archival object. credit_lineType has a single attribute, ID (XML ID). registrationType: Complex Type for recording information about the registration of ownership of an archival digital object. registrationType has 2 attributes, ID: (XML ID) FIELDTYPE: qualifier of the type of registration metadata contained in the element. - registrationType: the type of ownership registration, e.g. copyright, trademark, patent, etc...; - registrationNumber: the registration number (code) assigned to the owner; - registrationLicensing: information regarding licensing of rights and restrictions. rights_holderType: Complex Type for recording information about the rightsholder archival digital object. rights_holderType has a single attribute, ID: (XML ID) FIELDTYPE: qualifier of the type of rightsholder metadata contained in the element. - rightsHolderName: the name of the person or organization that holds the rights; - rightsHolderAddress: the address of the person or organization that holds the rights; - rightsHolderPhone: the phone number of the person or organization that holds the rights; - rightsHolderEmail: the email address of the person or organization that holds the rights. restrictionType: Complex Type for recording information about the restrictions on the archival digital object. restrictionType has a single attribute, ID: (XML ID).