{"id":579,"slug":"attribution-checklist-by-source","title":"Reference: compliance-grade attribution checklist by open-data source","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","dev","candid-team"],"topics":["regulatory-compliance","open-data"],"reference_body":"**The attribution matrix — required strings + limits + gotchas per source.**\n\n| Source | Required attribution | Limits / gotchas |\n|---|---|---|\n| **OGL-Canada v2.0** | \"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.\" Link the licence URL. | Cannot use government crests/logos; cannot imply endorsement; personal info + trademarks excluded. |\n| **Statistics Canada Open Licence** | \"Source: Statistics Canada, [name of product], [reference date].\" Truncated form acceptable with linked reference list. | Cannot suggest StatCan endorsement or that you have private info about identifiable persons/businesses. Postal products are NOT under this licence. |\n| **ECCC Data Server End-use Licence v2.1** | \"Contains information licenced under the Data Server End-use Licence of Environment and Climate Change Canada.\" | Third-party data inside MSC products may carry separate terms — check per-dataset metadata. |\n| **OGL-Ontario v1.0** | \"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.\" | Same exclusions as federal. |\n| **U.S. federal works (17 USC §105)** | No legal requirement; best practice: agency + dataset + retrieval date. | Applies to FEDERAL works only — state/local government has separate terms. |\n| **NOAA / NWS** | Acknowledge NOAA; repeat \"as is\" disclaimer in derivatives. | NOAA name + visual identifier trademarked; cannot imply endorsement. |\n| **EIA** | Cite EIA + dataset + retrieval date. | Free API requires registered key; throttling enforced. |\n| **UK OGL v3.0** | \"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.\" | Excludes trademarks, third-party rights, personal data. |\n| **OECD** | Source: OECD + dataset + retrieval date. CC BY 4.0 default since July 1, 2024. | Some legacy/non-OECD-authored content remains under different terms. |\n| **Eurostat** | \"Source: Eurostat.\" | Some maps/images carry separate terms per Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. |\n| **World Bank Open Data** | \"The World Bank: [Dataset name]: [Data source if known].\" CC BY 4.0 default. | Microdata + third-party-sourced indicators often have stricter terms. |\n\n**Common compliance failures to avoid:**\n- Using government logos/wordmarks on dashboards (uniformly prohibited)\n- Implying endorsement by visual proximity (\"Our partners: StatCan, EIA\")\n- Republishing data under your own copyright notice without acknowledging the public source\n- Linking individual people to aggregate data (\"This neighborhood's average household income\" + a named address)","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"ogl-canada-v2-perpetual-royalty-free-commercial","title":"OGL-Canada v2.0: worldwide royalty-free perpetual licence for commercial use","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"statistics-canada-open-licence-value-added","title":"Statistics Canada Open Licence: explicitly permits \"use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell value-added products\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"eccc-msc-open-data-end-use-licence","title":"ECCC/MSC Open Data: free anonymous access to weather/climate/water via OGC-compliant GeoMet APIs","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"noaa-nws-public-domain-disclaimer","title":"NOAA/NWS: information on NWS web servers is in the public domain — no attribution required, provided \"as is\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"eia-apiv2-free-petroleum-electricity","title":"U.S. EIA APIv2: free registered-key access to petroleum/electricity/gas/coal/STEO/AEO data; WPSR releases 10:30 AM ET Wednesdays","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"international-open-data-licences-2026","title":"International open-data licences (2026): UK OGL v3, OECD CC BY 4.0, Eurostat, World Bank","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"rule-build-on-official-open-data-not-scraping","title":"RULE: Build Candid client data products on official open-data feeds — never on scraped sources","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"rule-attribution-discipline-on-every-data-product","title":"RULE: Every Candid data product carries source attribution per the [[attribution-checklist-by-source]]. 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