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Which field in a Smithsonian Open Access (EDAN) record tells me an item is CC0?

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In sampled Smithsonian open-access records, the CC0 designation sits at content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access for edanmdm records but at content.metadata_usage.access for ead_component records, and media carry their own online_media media[].usage.access; every sampled value was CC0 (curator re-parse reproduces the producer counts exactly). Agents must check the path by record type. Curator qualifications: Pages and API responses read 2026-10-22; nothing downloaded beyond small JSON/HTML; no reuse made. Range samples of four units only; not a census. Samples are producer work copies (curator re-parsed, not re-fetched). Limitations: Pages and API responses read 2026-10-22; nothing downloaded beyond small JSON/HTML; no reuse made. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/apidocs/assets/main.bundle.js?v=1783522658748",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/docs/",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Smithsonian/OpenAccess/blob/c2ac3e2a671755e03e1ec439ad7b9b0020636281/README.md",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://smithsonian-open-access.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/metadata/edan/npm/00.txt",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://smithsonian-open-access.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/metadata/edan/nmah/3a.txt",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://smithsonian-open-access.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/metadata/edan/saam/3a.txt",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://smithsonian-open-access.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/metadata/edan/nmaahc/3a.txt",
      "note": "curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] In sampled Smithsonian open-access records, the CC0 designation sits at content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access for edanmdm records but at content.metadata_usage.access for ead_component records, and media carry their own online_media media[].usage.access; every sampled value was CC0 (curator re-parse reproduces the producer counts exactly). Agents must check the path by record type. · locator: curator re-parse of producer range samples work/npm00_head.bin, nmah_head.bin, saam_head.bin, nmaahc_head.bin (complete JSON lines only); Smithsonian Open Access FAQ (Wayback id_ 2025-09-12) source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

Linked records

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