[Odrl-version2] More Requirements

[Renato Iannella]

On 23 Oct 2004, at 03:10, Steven Rowat wrote:

> Agreed that both are important changes - I think; but to clarify: in 
> the
> "generic set of rights" expression situation, do you mean that, for
> instance, there may be cases where the rights holder wishes to publish 
> the
> fact that anyone may use the work in certain ways, without needing to
> interact (ie. invoke an Agreement)?

Yes, for cases outside the stricter Offer/Agreement model.

> That last idea leads to other possibilities that may be outside the 
> scope
> of this particular section - I'm not sure - yet still it seems 
> important to
> recognize, somewhere in ODRL, that 'Requests' or some term analogous 
> to it
> could, with increasing use of video and audio chat software, become a 
> very
> interesting part of how information-flow interactions are carried on.

There is *potential* for this (at this stage) and with a more flexible 
model
a community may develop a profile for this.

Cheers

Renato Iannella
ODRL Initiative
http://odrl.net