MPEG s sees a Rights Data Dictionary as a dictionary of key terms which are required to describe rights of all Users, including intellectual property rights, that can be unambiguously defined using a standard syntactic convention, and which can be applied across all domains in which rights need to be expressed . A Rights Expression Language is seen as a machine-readable language that can express rights and permissions using the terms as defined in the Rights Data Dictionary. If this would form a problem, then please contact Rob Koenen to work out an alternative way of submitting your requirements. Your contribution will be made available to all meeting participants, so that there can be an informed discussion. You will also be given the opportunity to present your requirements to the meeting.
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Annex A to this Call for Requirements contains a short Problem Statement. An Overview of Intellectual Property Management and Protection in MPEG is included for information as a separate attachment. Annex B contains the draft requirements as developed during the MPEG Singapore meeting in March based on the responses that had been received at that time. This should be considered to be a work in progress that will continue to be refined using any further responses received as a result of the re-issue of this Call. A standard vocabulary and a consistent, ordered and machine-readable language is required for describing both the upstream and downstream rights associated with Digital Items.