Re: Rights Expression Language (REL) for Activity/Streams/Pub?

On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 19:51, Bob Wyman <bob@wyman.us> wrote:

> I believe that a number of frequently discussed issues with AS2 could be
> resolved by supporting a Rights Expression Language (REL) such as the W3C's
> ODRL. (see: ODRL's Data Model <https://www.w3.org/TR/odrl-model/> and
> Vocabulary <https://www.w3.org/TR/odrl-vocab/>) Some of these
> oft-mentioned issues include:
>
I have bookmarked the ODRL specification but not had time to look at it.
Thank you for the summary.


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>    - Granting permissions for use (e.g. Creative Commons or inclusion in
>    search-engine results)
>    - Preventing replies to posts
>
>
On a social front This could be misused to attack people while preventing
them from replying but allowing others to do so; especially in a federated
system.

Conclusion
>
> I've tried above to demonstrate how use of a Rights Expression Language
> could address several frequently discussed issues with AS2 applications.
> Hopefully, the examples made sense and will spark some useful discussion.
> I'm sure that folk will propose either that this is "not a problem" or that
> simpler syntax should be used. However, I am convinced, after listening for
> a long time to a wide range of user issues, that the need for something
> like this, if not precisely this, will eventually be broadly recognized. My
> hope is that we'll be able to reduce the implementation and specification
> burden by having one facility that can address a wide range of otherwise
> disjoint problems.
>
>
> bob wyman
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