These applications, all of which adhere to a set of data and protocol standards, are called compliant applications . Only compliant applications can access the IP in the repository. To expand this model, consider that all IP consumers are part of the local environment. They access repositories on which they have registered accounts, and information passed between user and repository is managed at the local level. The LCS model can be expanded to this global environment.
Compliant applications are resident and in use on all participating systems.
Economic structures for billing and compensation have been established. Technical strategies for locating IP are in place. A typical global transaction may develop as follows. A user locates and requests IP on a remote repository. The request is routed through their local repository to the remote repository where the requested IP resides.