Understanding the Core Data Record
The Core Data Record — or CDR — is the provenance infrastructure at the heart of the CIP framework. It is the structured record that captures what a creative work is, who created it, what rights subsist in it, and on what terms it may be used.
What a CDR contains
- Asset identification — title, type, format, creation date, unique identifier
- Creator information — named creator(s), role, jurisdiction, contact rights
- Rights bundle — which rights subsist: expression, reproduction, distribution, performance, derivative, moral, NILP
- Input licence class — how the asset may be used: Owned / Licensed / Open / Restricted / Prohibited
- Consent framework — whether consent is granted for training, fine-tuning, commercial use
- Transformation permissions — which transformation classes are permitted
- Provenance chain — any prior works, datasets, or sources the asset derives from
- Registry ID — unique Rights Registry identifier for lookup and verification
Why every creator needs one
An asset without a CDR is invisible to rights-aware systems. As AI platforms build rights-aware ingestion infrastructure — driven by EU AI Act obligations and market pressure — content without provenance records will increasingly be excluded from licensed pipelines or ingested at higher legal risk.
Setting up a CDR
1. Log in or register at creativeip.org
2. Navigate to CDR Management in your portal
3. Enter asset details, rights information, and consent preferences
4. Connect your CDR to the Rights Registry
5. Add your CDR ID to your cip.md file via CIP-CDR-ID