attributionincluding

Attributionincluding is a term used in discussions of content licensing and provenance to describe the practice of ensuring that attribution information is included when content is distributed, remixed, or otherwise reused. It is not a legally defined term in major license texts, but it is used descriptively to emphasize that attribution requirements should persist across downstream uses.

In practice, attributionincluding covers both human-readable credits and machine-readable metadata. For human readers, it may mean including the author’s name, title, source, and license in captions, credits, or in-text notices. For machines, it involves embedding provenance information in metadata or structured descriptors (for example, Dublin Core, schema.org, or SPDX licenses) so that automated systems can detect and enforce attribution.

In licensing contexts, attributionincluding aligns with requirements common to open licenses such as Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY), which requires attribution to the creator. The concept encourages creators and platforms to adopt clear, persistent attribution so that downstream creators carry forward the attribution obligations, even when content is adapted.

Challenges include ensuring attribution remains discoverable as content is transformed, balancing attribution with readability, and dealing with jurisdictions where moral rights or privacy may affect attribution practices. Related concepts include attribution, provenance, licensing metadata, and license compatibility.

This is a lightweight, primarily descriptive term used to discuss best practices in keeping attribution intact across distributions.