Copyright and Reuse

To foster research on the art and architecture of southern Italy, we seek to enable the broadest possible use of the material presented on this website. To that end, we have developed the following guidelines to help researchers understand how they can use the three main content groups on this website: images, metadata, and other website content.

Images

The images in the database are intended for study and research, not for publication; they are therefore made available here at low resolution. Some of these images are in the public domain, while others are not. It is your responsibility as a researcher to determine the copyright status of the image you wish to use and, if necessary, to seek permission from the copyright owner. Usually, the best source for copyright ownership information is the institution that holds the physical object; users should contact the institution directly to request high resolution images and permission to use them. In some cases, permission may not be required because your use of an image is "fair use" according to American copyright law, but it is your responsibility to make that determination. (See the fair-use and best-practices guide from the College Art Association for guidance.) Neither the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database nor the Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History can accept responsibility for your use of the images presented on this website.

Metadata

A major component of this project is the creation of metadata describing historical representations of sites in the medieval Kingdom of Sicily. Metadata includes textual information accompanying images that enable users to identify, discover, interpret, or use the images, such as descriptions, the name of the author of the work, the date on which it was first created or published, or where the physical object is located.

The metadata on this website, with the exception of the creator's "Given Title" (where present) was created by the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database Project Team. We believe that most of this metadata is not protected by copyright because it either expresses only objective facts or constitutes expression so limited by the number of ways the underlying ideas can be expressed that such expression has merged with those ideas. However, some metadata, such as information in the analysis and notes fields, may be sufficiently creative and original to have copyright protection. To encourage reuse of this metadata and to remove doubt about reuse, we hereby waive any and all copyright to the metadata under a CC0 Public Domain Dedication.

You are free to reuse the metadata on this site as you wish. However, we encourage you to attribute your use as follows:

  • "Metadata drawn from The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database, The Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History, https://koseodiah.org/"

Website Content

All other material on this website was created by the Project Team and our collaborators. This content is licensed for use under a CC-BY-NC license, which means that you are free to reuse, share, and adapt this content however you wish as long as you attribute it to us and make only non-commercial use of the content (defined further here). Our preferred citation for attribution purposes is

  • " [identification of specific content], The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database, The Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History, https://koseodiah.org/, used pursuant to a CC-BY-NC 4.0 license."

If you would like to use content in a way that falls outside the CC-BY-NC license, please contact us.