Supports the allocation and application
of rights policies against resources, consuming
data in a digital rights expression language (DREL) to determine access. Works through
Authorization services, and is generally intended to be called by Authorization
implementations as the result of a request to use a resource.
The key functions for a this service are:
- support for the allocation and updating of rights associated with objects
- support for validation of the use of objects at run time
Specifications with applicability to this
area are:
- IEEE Digital Rights Expression Language
- XrML
- ODRL
- CreativeCommons
Related services are:
