feat!: Convert dc:rights to an array field

src/feeds/atom/generate/index.test.ts

@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ describe('generate', () => {
       updated: new Date('2023-03-15T12:00:00Z'),
       dc: {
         creator: 'John Doe',
-        rights: 'Copyright 2023',
+        rights: ['Copyright 2023'],
       },
       sy: {
         updatePeriod: 'daily',

src/feeds/atom/generate/utils.test.ts

@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ describe('generateFeed', () => {
       updated: new Date('2023-03-15T12:00:00Z'),
       dc: {
         creator: 'Jane Smith',
-        rights: 'Copyright 2023',
+        rights: ['Copyright 2023'],
       },
       sy: {
         updatePeriod: 'hourly',
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ describe('generateFeed', () => {
       updated: new Date('2023-03-15T12:00:00Z'),
       dc: {
         creator: 'Jane Smith',
-        rights: 'Copyright 2023',
+        rights: ['Copyright 2023'],
       },
     }
     const expected = {
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ describe('generateFeed', () => {
         title: 'Feed with namespaces',
         updated: '2023-03-15T12:00:00.000Z',
         'dc:creator': 'Jane Smith',
-        'dc:rights': 'Copyright 2023',
+        'dc:rights': ['Copyright 2023'],
       },
     }
 

src/feeds/atom/references/atom-ns.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "languages": ["en-US"],
         "relations": ["https://example.org/related-entry"],
         "coverages": ["United States"],
+        "rights": ["Copyright 2025 Example News Organization"],
         "title": "Dublin Core Enhanced Entry Title",
         "creator": "Jack Jackson",
         "subject": "Article, Tutorial, Example",
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@
         "source": "https://example.org/entry-source",
         "language": "en-US",
         "relation": "https://example.org/related-entry",
-        "coverage": "United States",
-        "rights": "Copyright 2025 Example News Organization"
+        "coverage": "United States"
       },
       "dcterms": {
         "created": "2022-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@
     "languages": ["en-US"],
     "relations": ["https://example.org/related-content"],
     "coverages": ["Global"],
+    "rights": ["Copyright 2025 Example Publishing Company"],
     "title": "Dublin Core Enhanced Feed Title",
     "creator": "John Doe",
     "subject": "Technology, Programming, Web Development",
@@ -736,8 +737,7 @@
     "source": "https://example.org/original-source",
     "language": "en-US",
     "relation": "https://example.org/related-content",
-    "coverage": "Global",
-    "rights": "Copyright 2025 Example Publishing Company"
+    "coverage": "Global"
   },
   "dcterms": {
     "created": "2022-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",

src/feeds/rdf/references/rdf-ns.json

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         "languages": ["en-US"],
         "relations": ["https://example.org/related-article"],
         "coverages": ["United States"],
+        "rights": ["Copyright 2025 Example News Organization"],
         "title": "Dublin Core Enhanced Item Title",
         "creator": "Jack Jackson",
         "subject": "Article, Tutorial, Example",
@@ -36,8 +37,7 @@
         "source": "https://example.org/item-source",
         "language": "en-US",
         "relation": "https://example.org/related-article",
-        "coverage": "United States",
-        "rights": "Copyright 2025 Example News Organization"
+        "coverage": "United States"
       },
       "dcterms": {
         "created": "2022-01-01T12:00+00:00",
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@
     "languages": ["en-US"],
     "relations": ["https://example.org/related-content"],
     "coverages": ["Global"],
+    "rights": ["Copyright 2025 Example Publishing Company"],
     "title": "Dublin Core Enhanced Feed Title",
     "creator": "John Doe",
     "subject": "Technology, Programming, Web Development",
@@ -664,8 +665,7 @@
     "source": "https://example.org/original-source",
     "language": "en-US",
     "relation": "https://example.org/related-content",
-    "coverage": "Global",
-    "rights": "Copyright 2025 Example Publishing Company"
+    "coverage": "Global"
   },
   "dcterms": {
     "created": "2022-01-01T12:00+00:00",

src/feeds/rss/references/rss-ns.json

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "languages": ["en-US"],
         "relations": ["https://example.org/related-article"],
         "coverages": ["United States"],
+        "rights": ["Copyright 2025 Example News Organization"],
         "title": "Dublin Core Enhanced Item Title",
         "creator": "Jack Jackson",
         "subject": "Article, Tutorial, Example",
@@ -37,8 +38,7 @@
         "source": "https://example.org/item-source",
         "language": "en-US",
         "relation": "https://example.org/related-article",
-        "coverage": "United States",
-        "rights": "Copyright 2025 Example News Organization"
+        "coverage": "United States"
       },
       "dcterms": {
         "created": "2022-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@
     "languages": ["en-US"],
     "relations": ["https://example.org/related-content"],
     "coverages": ["Global"],
+    "rights": ["Copyright 2025 Example Publishing Company"],
     "title": "Dublin Core Enhanced Feed Title",
     "creator": "John Doe",
     "subject": "Technology, Programming, Web Development",
@@ -968,8 +969,7 @@
     "source": "https://example.org/original-source",
     "language": "en-US",
     "relation": "https://example.org/related-content",
-    "coverage": "Global",
-    "rights": "Copyright 2025 Example Publishing Company"
+    "coverage": "Global"
   },
   "dcterms": {
     "created": "2022-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",

src/namespaces/dc/common/types.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export namespace DcNs {
     languages?: Array<string>
     relations?: Array<string>
     coverages?: Array<string>
+    rights?: Array<string>
 
     /** @deprecated Use `titles` (array) instead. Dublin Core fields are repeatable. */
     title?: string
@@ -46,8 +47,6 @@ export namespace DcNs {
     relation?: string
     /** @deprecated Use `coverages` (array) instead. Dublin Core fields are repeatable. */
     coverage?: string
-    /** @deprecated This field type will be changed to array in the next major version of the package. Dublin Core fields are repeatable. */
-    rights?: string
   }
 }
 // #endregion reference

src/namespaces/dc/generate/utils.test.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ describe('generateItemOrFeed', () => {
       language: 'en-US',
       relation: 'https://example.com/related',
       coverage: 'Global',
-      rights: 'Copyright 2023',
     }
     const expected = {
       'dc:title': 'Test Title',
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ describe('generateItemOrFeed', () => {
       'dc:language': 'en-US',
       'dc:relation': 'https://example.com/related',
       'dc:coverage': 'Global',
-      'dc:rights': 'Copyright 2023',
     }
 
     expect(generateItemOrFeed(value)).toEqual(expected)
@@ -57,6 +55,7 @@ describe('generateItemOrFeed', () => {
       languages: ['en-US'],
       relations: ['https://example.com/related'],
       coverages: ['Global'],
+      rights: ['Copyright 2023'],
     }
     const expected = {
       'dc:title': ['Test Title'],
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ describe('generateItemOrFeed', () => {
       'dc:language': ['en-US'],
       'dc:relation': ['https://example.com/related'],
       'dc:coverage': ['Global'],
+      'dc:rights': ['Copyright 2023'],
     }
 
     expect(generateItemOrFeed(value)).toEqual(expected)
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ describe('generateItemOrFeed', () => {
       languages: ['en-US', 'fr-FR'],
       relations: ['https://example.com/related', 'https://example.com/also-related'],
       coverages: ['Global', 'North America'],
+      rights: ['Copyright 2023', 'CC BY-NC-SA 4.0'],
     }
     const expected = {
       'dc:title': ['Test Title', 'Alternative Title'],
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ describe('generateItemOrFeed', () => {
       'dc:language': ['en-US', 'fr-FR'],
       'dc:relation': ['https://example.com/related', 'https://example.com/also-related'],
       'dc:coverage': ['Global', 'North America'],
+      'dc:rights': ['Copyright 2023', 'CC BY-NC-SA 4.0'],
     }
 
     expect(generateItemOrFeed(value)).toEqual(expected)

src/namespaces/dc/generate/utils.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const generateItemOrFeed: GenerateUtil<DcNs.ItemOrFeed<DateLike>> = (item
       itemOrFeed.coverage,
       generateCdataString,
     ),
-    'dc:rights': generateCdataString(itemOrFeed.rights),
+    'dc:rights': generateArrayOrSingular(itemOrFeed.rights, undefined, generateCdataString),
   }
 
   return trimObject(value)

src/namespaces/dc/parse/utils.test.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ describe('retrieveItemOrFeed', () => {
     languages: ['en-US'],
     relations: ['https://example.org/related'],
     coverages: ['Worldwide'],
+    rights: ['Copyright 2023, All rights reserved'],
     title: 'Sample Title',
     creator: 'John Doe',
     subject: 'Test Subject',
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ describe('retrieveItemOrFeed', () => {
     language: 'en-US',
     relation: 'https://example.org/related',
     coverage: 'Worldwide',
-    rights: 'Copyright 2023, All rights reserved',
   }
 
   it('should parse complete item or feed object with all properties (with #text)', () => {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('retrieveItemOrFeed', () => {
       languages: ['en-US', 'fr-FR'],
       relations: ['https://example.org/related', 'https://example.org/also-related'],
       coverages: ['Worldwide', 'North America'],
-      rights: 'Copyright 2023, All rights reserved',
+      rights: ['Copyright 2023, All rights reserved', 'Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0'],
     }
 
     expect(retrieveItemOrFeed(value)).toEqual(expected)

src/namespaces/dc/parse/utils.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const retrieveItemOrFeed: ParsePartialUtil<DcNs.ItemOrFeed<string>> = (va
     languages: parseArrayOf(value['dc:language'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
     relations: parseArrayOf(value['dc:relation'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
     coverages: parseArrayOf(value['dc:coverage'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
+    rights: parseArrayOf(value['dc:rights'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
 
     // Deprecated fields for backward compatibility.
     title: parseSingularOf(value['dc:title'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ export const retrieveItemOrFeed: ParsePartialUtil<DcNs.ItemOrFeed<string>> = (va
     language: parseSingularOf(value['dc:language'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
     relation: parseSingularOf(value['dc:relation'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
     coverage: parseSingularOf(value['dc:coverage'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
-    rights: parseSingularOf(value['dc:rights'], (value) => parseString(retrieveText(value))),
   }
 
   return trimObject(itemOrFeed)