IPTC Rights Working Group Summer 2012

Rights Expression LanguageWorking Group

Stuart Myles

11th June 2012

RightsML

Publishers need to express rights on the uses of contentOften need to enforce rights on behalf of 3rd parties

Clients need to know permissions and restrictionsRights are a key criteria for selecting content

RightsML is an IPTC standard, based on ODRLhttp://dev.iptc.org/RightsML

http://www.w3.org/community/odrl

Express machine readable permissions, restrictions and dutiesDerived from media industry requirements

Mainly from AP, NLA, Getty, WSJ, Newsright

Can be embedded within content (e.g. G2, ATOM) or stand alone

Designed for automatic evaluation

Traditional PublishingA feed per publication

A tuned content

set

Licensed for one outlet

Editors review notes

Often by media type

One Publishing HouseWith many publications

Content still licensed per

outlet

Newspapers, magazines, broadcast channels

Websites and apps for

desktop, smartphone,

tablet

Content duplication

Enshrines legacy

relationships

Most Publishing HouseTake Content from Multiple Providers

Lots of complexity

and waste for publishers and

providers.

Harder for publishers to respond to

new opportunities

RightsML Enables Automated Publishing That Respects Rights

Content still licensed per

outlet

Automatically route content

Less editorial intervention to

check restrictionsNo content

duplication

Apply restrictions per content

item

New uses for content without

a duplicate feed

Not Just Feeds:APIs

Content still licensed per

outlet

One API key rather than one per outlet

Apply restrictions per content

item

ODRL v2

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The Core ODRL model supports permissions, restrictions and duties

http://www.w3.org/community/odrl/two/model/

RightsML 1.0 Actions

• aggregate • annotate • attribute • delete • derive / modify • display / present • export / transform • extract • give • include

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• index• inform • nextPolicy • obtainConsent • pay • play / present • print • share • translate

RightsML 1.0 Example

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http://dev.iptc.org/RightsML-10-Example-Redistributing-Photos

At the Last Meeting We Launched theRightsML “Experimental Phase”

http://dev.iptc.org/RightsML

RightsML Experimental Phase1. Publishers try RightsML

2. Give IPTC feedback3. IPTC adjusts RightsML

Adequate vocabularies?Rights, Restrictions, Duties

Can partners express and process the rights they need?

How can IPTC make RightsML better?

http://dev.iptc.org/RightsML

RightsML Experimental Phase

• Main participants in RightsML experimental phase– AP, AFP, DPA, Getty, Thomson Reuters– No one from outside IPTC, so far

• Documentation– Filled out http://dev.iptc.org/RightsML– Updated and published RightsML 1.0 Draft

• The initial feedback from the experimental phase– It is difficult to know where to begin with RightsML– There is a limit to how much time anyone can spend

• Requests for detailed examples– Great idea!– There is a limit to how much time anyone can spend

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Emerging RightsML Patterns

• Original distribution style: NewsML-G2– Embed or link to RightsML in NewsML-G2– Also embed or link in ATOM– Also as a standalone file

• A couple of additional distribution patterns have emerged

• RightsML in image binaries– Express RightsML in XMP– But we lack RDF expertise– And what about overlap with PLUS?

• RightsML in rNews– Is the usageTerms link sufficient?

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Date and Place of Next Meeting

Moscow 22 - 24 October, 2012

Thank you and Goodbye!© 2012 IPTC (www.iptc.org) All rights reserved 15