Upcoming: W3C Workshop on the Future of ODRL

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W3C announced a Workshop on the Future of ODRL, to be held on 22–23 June 2026 in London, UK, and online.

Since becoming a W3C Recommendation in 2018, ODRL has gained increasing recognition and adoption across: 

  • Data space governance frameworks
  • Industry consortia and international standards
  • Digital media and creative content providers
  • Financial sectors

At the same time, important challenges remain:

  • Policy interoperability across domains
  • Runtime enforcement and compliance verification
  • Profile development and extension governance
  • Tooling maturity and usability
  • Integration with emerging Web standards

This workshop provides a forum to examine these topics collaboratively and define next steps. Possible topic areas for the workshop may include: 

  • ODRL Adoption & Industry Experience
  • Innovation and Semantics of ODRL
  • Interoperability & Architecture
  • Roadmap & Community Development

If you agree to work on the goals above and have experience and/or expertise in the topic areas above, please apply to the workshop. Proposals are either position papers of up to 4 pages or scientific papers with up to 10 pages.

The workshop will include: 

  • Presentations (10–15 minutes each)
  • Moderated discussion sessions
  • Thematic breakout discussions
  • Consolidated reporting of outcomes

Attendance is free for all invited participants and is open to the public, whether or not W3C members.

Please submit your proposal by sending email to odrl-ws-submission@w3.org before 27 May 2026. The Program Committee will review submissions and shape the final agenda. For any inquiries, you may contact the Chairs directly using the same email address.

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