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How does Smithsonian Open Access define which records are CC0, what does its API require, and what could not be read about its licence fields?

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The Smithsonian Open Access FAQ, as archived on 12 Sep 2025, treats CC0 as a per-item designation and says items not designated CC0 need prior written permission for commercial use; metadata access is via a keyed api.data.gov API. Curator qualifications: Archived text, not live (AUDIT2 row 5); live FAQ not re-checked. GitHub README move to AWS, AWS registry CC0/weekly, EDAN docs (E3-E6) and 3D format list (E7) not reinspected. Text only; no API called (keys required), no images downloaded. Limitations: Snapshot-dated policy. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://registry.opendata.aws/smithsonian-open-access/",
      "note": "IA id_ 20250912113456 of si.edu/openaccess/faq"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/docs/",
      "note": "IA id_ 20250912113456 of si.edu/openaccess/faq"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/apidocs/",
      "note": "IA id_ 20250912113456 of si.edu/openaccess/faq"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250912113456id_/https://www.si.edu/openaccess/faq",
      "note": "IA id_ 20250912113456 of si.edu/openaccess/faq"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Smithsonian/OpenAccess/master/README.md",
      "note": "IA id_ 20250912113456 of si.edu/openaccess/faq"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The Smithsonian Open Access FAQ, as archived on 12 Sep 2025, treats CC0 as a per-item designation and says items not designated CC0 need prior written permission for commercial use; metadata access is via a keyed api.data.gov API. · locator: IA id_ 20250912113456 of si.edu/openaccess/faq 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

cites → http://web.archive.org/web/20250912113456id_/https:/www.si.edu/openaccess/faq
cites → https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/apidocs
cites → https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/docs
cites → https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Smithsonian/OpenAccess/master/README.md
cites → https://registry.opendata.aws/smithsonian-open-access

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