Constraints Tab: Product

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The Constraint tab allows you to enter information into the metadata about how the resource can and cannot be used.

Quick Reference: Product Constraints Tab	Required?
Use Limitation	Optional
Legal	Required
Security Constraints	Best Practice

Use Limitation

Identify concerns over how people should or should not use the product.

If your product is licensed, let people know here. Typically files used will be public domain, but not always.

Legal

• Access Constraints: Access constraints are applied to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property and any special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the resource.

• Use constraints: How the product should be used.

• Other constraints: This is a place to put standard disclaimers.

Access Constraints are limited to Open, Limited Access, Sensitive/Protected, and Restricted

Open Access

Data and content created by government employees within the scope of their employment are not subject to domestic copyright protection under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Government works are by default in the U.S. Public Domain. If no other open license applies, the following URL should be used in the license field.

http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/

The default U.S. Public Domain status of U.S. Government Works is limited to the jurisdiction of the United States. A public domain status is applicable internationally for works produced by government employees, by using a worldwide public domain dedication such as Creative Commons Zero. This assures users of U.S. Government Works that they have full permission to freely use the work internationally. When Creative Commons Zero has been applied, the following URL should be used for in the license field.

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Example legal constraint entry for U.S. Government Works open license

Limited Access

Sensitive/Protected Access

Restricted Access

Security Constraints

A place to describe constraints or restrictions pertaining to security of the resource. Choose classification from the drop-down menu. For products without restrictions, best practice is to indicate 'unclassified' from the security classification dropdown menu.

Classification is the class of security (e.g., top secret, public access).