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The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) Initiative is an international effort aimed at developing and promoting an open standard for rights expressions. ODRL is intended to provide flexible and interoperable mechanisms to support transparent and innovative use of digital content in publishing, distributing and consuming of digital media across all sectors and communities.
The ODRL Initiative governance is managed by the ODRL International Advisory Board.
Open-source DRM Projects
The ODRL Initiative is a supporter of open-source DRM projects to provide open and equitable access to all stakeholders in the community. The OpenSDRM and OpenIPMP are two leading examples.
ODRL Workshop 2008
Once again, the ODRL community will join the Virtual Goods Workshop in a joint workshop on the 16-18 October 2008 in Poznan, Poland. Please see the Workshop Website for complete details. ODRL Working Groups will meet on the 16 October 9AM to 3PM.
[2008-07-11]Call for participation in the new microODRL Profile Proposal. |
[2008-04-02]Call for participation in the new ODRL Services (ODRL-S) Profile Working Group. |
[2008-02-13] The 6th International Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business Models for Virtual Goods incorporating the 4th International ODRL Workshop will be held on 16-18 October 2008 in Poznan, Poland. Workshop Details. |
Send comments and feedback on the ODRL specification to info
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How to Join the ODRL Supporters group.
See the ODRL-based Projects list.
View the DRM Pioneers list.
Previous ODRL International Workshops:
Current Working Groups:
- ODRL Version 2.0 Working Group
Latest Requirements Document Latest ODRL Model Semantics Document
- ODRL Services (ODRL-S) Profile Working Group
Latest Working Draft
New Working Group Opportunities:
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A new proposal to encode ODRL as Microformats is now under discussion. |
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The Open Geospatial Consortium have released the GeoDRM Reference Model that covers functionality for geospatial resources. An opportunity now exists to create an ODRL Profile for this specification. |
Community members interested in new ODRL vocabularies and technical solutions are invited to form new Profile Working Groups.
Completed Working Groups:
V1.0 DRM REL (Approved Release)
V2.0 DRM REL (Candidate Release)
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For questions about the ODRL Initiative contact info Copyright ODRL Initiative 2000-2008 Last Updated on 2008-07-25 |
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