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IEEE P1484.4 LTSCDigital Rights Expression Language

(DREL) – Status Update

Magda Mourad – ChairJon Mason – Technical Editor

Dec. 1st, 2003

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P1484.4 - PAR

• Title: – “Recommended Practice for Digital Rights Expression

Languages (DRELs) Suitable for eLearning Technologies”

• Timeline – A new PAR development process started on December’ 2002.– The PAR was completed and received by the IEEE Standards

Office on February 17th, 2003.– The above PAR was approved by the NesCom on May 15th,

2003.– Organization of WG activities started on March 17th, 2003.

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P1484.4 – Purpose

• The purpose of this project is to facilitate the creation, management and delivery of digital content for eLearning by technology that implements digital rights expression languages.

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P1484.4 – Scope

• This project will produce a recommended practice or guide identifying digital rights requirements for eLearning technologies.

• These requirements will be aligned with the most widely known standards-based specifications for digital rights expression languages that are being adopted or developed by international, regional, national and private organizations and consortia.

• The recommended practice will determine what, if any, extensions are needed so that these digital rights expression languages can meet the identified requirements.

• The working group intends to submit a recommended practice or guide for balloting within one year.

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Main Tasks and Status Update

Main Tasks Status Ongoing

ActivityIdentifying digital rights requirements for eLearning technologies Completed

Phase 1•Generating a detailed Document

Identifying widely known standards-based specifications for digital rights expression languages

Completed •Identifying Experts

The recommended practice will determine what, if any, extensions are needed

In Progress •Detailed Analysis of identified requirements

The working group intends to submit a recommended practice or guide for balloting

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Identified Rights Expression Languages

Language Expert

Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL ) Susanne Guth (Academia, Austria)

MPEG Rights Expression Language (MPEG REL) Manuel Ham (Content Guard)

Open e-Book Forum (OeBF) Manuel Ham (Content Guard)

Metadata Encoding Transmission Standard “METS “- (DLF & LOC) Jerome McDonough (NYU)

IEEE Standard for Information Technology – Software Reuse, IP Rights Framework (IEEE Std 1420.1b-1999)

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