Tactics proposed to help resolve digital rights expression issues...
Tactics proposed to help resolve digital rights expression issues were backed by National Information Standards Organization (NISO) members at a recent workshop. A move to extend the Electronic Resources Management Initiative (ERMI) model beyond libraries, to nonlicensed objects and…
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communities, drew strong NISO support. ERMI, intended to encode terms in license agreements, is a Digital Library Federation project. NISO members also said they back creation of standardized rights “bundles” akin to Creative Commons licenses. The organization urged development of core requirements for rights expression relevant to the NISO community. The group also endorsed creation of a reference model for content providers, libraries and museums that incorporates a glossary of standard terms for rights expression. NISO members pushed for better education of users and practitioners about rights and permissions. A basic reference document -- similar to NISO’s popular Understanding Metadata -- is in the works. “With rights expression languages and enforcement technologies emerging to control copyrighted content and digital media, NISO members became concerned,” said NISO Exec. Dir. Pat Harris: “Our members recognized that the dominant developments in digital rights management may not effectively address the needs and concerns of libraries and other content providers.”