Fictitious Entries

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Include deliberate errors in large content/data sets to help identify plagiarized work and copyright infringements.
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Include minor deliberate errors in large reference content/data sets to help identify plagiarized work and copyright infringements.  
=== What Problem This Solves  ===
=== What Problem This Solves  ===
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Third-parties are making your dataset available or using it without permission, and you can't prove that yours is the original.
=== When to Use This Pattern  ===
=== When to Use This Pattern  ===
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Use this pattern when you have a valuable large set of reference data or content that can be copied and re-used without permission, and you need to protect it from wholesale copyright infringement
=== What's The Solution?  ===
=== What's The Solution?  ===
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Include a deliberate error/entry in the dataset that can be proven incorrect; "''By including a trivial piece of false information in a larger work, it is far easier to demonstrate that someone has plagiarized that work: they will presumably copy the fictitious entry along with other articles.''" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry#Motivations_for_creation source])
=== Why Use This Pattern  ===
=== Why Use This Pattern  ===
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Edit this. Describe the user and business benefits for this pattern, with links to evidence or additional research data if available.  
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Data is a valuable commodity on the web, copyright infringement is rife, and digital data/content is simple to copy. Although fictitious entries may not be enough to prove ownership in a legal battle, the pattern remains a useful mechanism for detecting infringements.
=== References  ===
=== References  ===
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#A list of interesting external links, if applicable
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry Fictitious entries (Wikipedia)]
=== Examples Gallery  ===
=== Examples Gallery  ===
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[[Image:Moat-lane-fictitious-entry.jpg|thumb|left|Moat Lane, North London: a fictitious entry (or Trap Street) in Google Maps data]]<br>
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=== Categories  ===
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=== Categories<br> ===
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Use the categories button on the toolbar (last icon on top row) to insert one or more categories for this pattern.
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[[Category:Lifecycle]]

Latest revision as of 07:18, 15 January 2011