Copyright Notices
In certain cases, data provided by Transit Agencies cannot be used without displaying the correct copyright notices to the end user. If the routing response contains this type of data, the service includes operator attribution information to the route response.
Operator attribution must be displayed together with a route. This requirement forms part of the terms and conditions of the API.
Example: Operator Attribution in Route Response
If copyright information is available, the response contains an Attributions element, with a ready-to-display string, which must be displayed in full to end users. The string is in the Link element identified with the attribute key/value pair type="agency". In addition, possible tariff information is in the Link element identified with the attribute key/value pair type="tariff". For more information, refer to the Attributions type. The sec_ids attributes represent the relevant route segment(s) of the trip for which the copyright notices apply.
The example below shows a response with copyright information.
<Attributions>
<Link type="agency" href="http://example-company-a.com" sec_ids="R000010-C2-S3 R000010-C2-S1 R000010-C0-S1">Company A</Link>
<Link type="tariff" href="http://example-company-a.com/tariff" sec_ids="R000010-C2-S3 R000010-C2-S1 R000010-C0-S1">Tariff</Link>
</Attributions>