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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs-developers/meta/data-model.md
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Expand Up @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Two **per-work sidecars** carry the community-authored, spoiler-tagged content:
the `characters` and `recaps` members of a work's entry in the separate
`data/works-community/` family, keyed by the **work's** slug. They are
structurally separated from the core: their `license` field accepts only
`CC-BY-SA-3.0` (`$defs/license_content`), and the family boundary makes the
`CC-BY-SA-4.0` (`$defs/license_content`), and the family boundary makes the
licensing split visible in the directory tree. Authoring them is documented in
the repo's `AUTHORING.md` (see [contributing data](contributing-data.md)).

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs-developers/meta/overview.md
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Expand Up @@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ data is split across two licence layers (below).

Data lives in two layers, and the boundary is **enforced structurally by the JSON
Schema**, not by convention (see `LICENSING.md` in the repo): the `license` field
of a core record accepts only `CC0-1.0`, and a sidecar's only `CC-BY-SA-3.0`
of a core record accepts only `CC0-1.0`, and a sidecar's only `CC-BY-SA-4.0`
(`common.schema.json` `$defs/license` vs `$defs/license_content`).

| Layer | Entities | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| **Factual core** | works, recordings, people, series | **CC0-1.0** public-domain dedication |
| **Expressive layer** | per-work characters + recaps sidecars | **CC BY-SA 3.0** |
| **Expressive layer** | per-work characters + recaps sidecars | **CC BY-SA 4.0** |

Publisher blurbs and cover art are referenced, never copied: descriptions are
community-written and covers are URLs. Every entity also carries a `sources[]`
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