Rights expression for the news industry, using RightsML and ODRL. Updates on the IPTC's Machine Readable Rights Day and the Rights 1.0 spec. Plus documentation and examples of using RightsML and the work so far to embed rights in photo binaries, using JSON.
3. RightsML
Publishers need to express rights on the uses of content
Often need to enforce rights on behalf of 3rd parties
Clients need to know permissions and restrictions
Rights are a key criteria for selecting content
RightsML is an IPTC standard, based on ODRL
http://dev.iptc.org/RightsML
http://www.w3.org/community/odrl
Machine processable permissions, restrictions and duties
Derived from media industry requirements
Can be embedded within content (e.g. G2, ATOM) or stand alone
Designed for automatic evaluation