Intellectual property · The ownership evidence · Element
The contractor position
What was agreed with each external contributor about ownership.
The part
What it is
The default in most jurisdictions is that a contractor retains ownership of what they create unless it is assigned in writing.
Agreements signed after the work was done are weaker than those signed before, and both are stronger than none.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
Assignment status
Assigned before, assigned after, licensed only, or nothing signed.
Choice shared type