a particular situation for the first time. To test this function, the book has been consulted regarding each admission to a general medical ward over a period of two months. In every case-from myxoedema coma to lung abscess, from haematemesis to supraventricular tachycardia-the recommendations have been such as one would be pleased to see one's juniors implement. One might find fault with the s...

Purpose – This paper sets out to present a brief history of electronic licensing initiatives before considering current practices for managing licences to electronic resources. The intention is to obtain a detailed understanding of the requirements needed for a registry of electronic licences that will enable usage terms and conditions to be presented to end-users at point of use. Design/method...

Licences are a crucial aspect of the information publishing process in the web of (linked) data. Recent work on modeling of policies with semantic web languages (RDF, ODRL) gives the opportunity to formally describe licences and reason upon them. However, choosing the right licence is still challenging. Particularly, understanding the number of features permissions, prohibitions and obligations...