[Odrl-version2] Make it Simpler?

[Susanne Guth]

Hi Alapan,

what do you exactly mean with "basing ODRL on a formalised model"?
So long

Susanne


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Datum: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:04:54 +0200
Von: Alapan Arnab <aarnab at cs.uct.ac.za>
An: "ODRL Version 2.0" <odrl-version2 at odrl.net>
Betreff: Re: [Odrl-version2] Make it Simpler?

> I had a long chat with Helieman and Jamkhedkar (two of the authors of
> the paper[1] I think you were meaning to reference ...) with regards to
> this point. One critical point is that, while there needs to be a small
> core, the core also needs to have stubs that can accommodate the more
> complex scenarios. One of the things I was trying with my previous email
> was to narrow down the core requirements and identify the possible
> stubs.
> 
> I have made some changes to the paper (mostly grammatical), but I think
> basing ODRL on a formalised model would be a good step. Using profiles
> to set up the different stubs would be the next logical step then?
> 
> Alapan
> [1]: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1179509.1179522
> On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 15:31 +1000, Renato Iannella wrote:
> > Alapan's email and a recent paper [1] have made me re-think the ODRL  
> > V2.0 path.
> > 
> > We have a choice of making ODRL V2.0 more complex OR we can make the  
> > CORE language simple
> > and support extensions for related DRM implementations.
> > 
> > That is, ODRL has a core REL aspect that does not include all the  
> > associated functions like
> > Digital Signatures, negotiations, legal stuff etc. All that can be  
> > added with specific profiles.
> > The idea is we keep the core language "clean" from these additional  
> > features.
> > 
> > This is just an idea - and I welcome comments from the WG.
> > 
> > (and happy new year to all!)
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Renato Iannella
> > ODRL Initiative
> > http://odrl.net
> > 
> > [1] <http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm? 
> > id=1179522&jmp=references&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184
> > 618>
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> Alapan Arnab
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> Department of Computer Science
> University of Cape Town
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> South Africa
> 
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