Attribution

Credit be given to copyright holder and/or author.

Commercial Use

Exercising rights for commercial purposes.

Derivative Works

Distribution of derivative works.

Distribution

Distribution, public display, and publicly performance.

Notice

Copyright and license notices be kept intact.

Reproduction

Making multiple copies.

Share Alike

Derivative works be licensed under the same terms or compatible terms as the original work.

Sharing

Permits commercial derivatives, but only non-commercial distribution.

Source Code

Source code (the preferred form for making modifications) must be provided when exercising some rights granted by the license.

Action

An operation on an Asset.

Agreement

A Policy that grants the assignee a Rule over an Asset from an assigner.

All

Specifies that the scope of the relationship is all of the collective individuals within a context.

All Second-level Connections

Specifies that the scope of the relationship is all of the second-level connections to the Party.

All First-Level Connections

Specifies that the scope of the relationship is all of the first-level connections of the Party.

All Group Connections

Specifies that the scope of the relationship is all of the group connections of the Party.

Assertion

A Policy that asserts a Rule over an Asset from parties.

Asset

A resource or a collection of resources that are the subject of a Rule.

Asset Collection

An Asset that is collection of individual resources

Asset Scope

Scopes for Asset Scope expressions.

Conflict Strategy Preference

Used to establish strategies to resolve conflicts that arise from the merging of Policies or conflicts between Permissions and Prohibitions in the same Policy.

Constraint

A boolean expression that refines the semantics of an Action and Party/Asset Collection or declare the conditions applicable to a Rule.

Duty

The obligation to perform an Action

Group

Specifies that the scope of the relationship is the defined group with multiple individual members.

Individual

Specifies that the scope of the relationship is the single Party individual.

Left Operand

Left operand for a constraint expression.

Logical Constraint

A logical expression that refines the semantics of an Action and Party/Asset Collection or declare the conditions applicable to a Rule.

Offer

A Policy that proposes a Rule over an Asset from an assigner.

Operator

Operator for constraint expression.

Party

An entity or a collection of entities that undertake Roles in a Rule.

Party Collection

A Party that is a group of individual entities

Party Scope

Scopes for Party Scope expressions.

Permission

The ability to perform an Action over an Asset.

Policy

A non-empty group of Permissions and/or Prohibitions.

Privacy Policy

A Policy that expresses a Rule over an Asset containing personal information.

Prohibition

The inability to perform an Action over an Asset.

Request

A Policy that proposes a Rule over an Asset from an assignee.

Right Operand

Right operand for constraint expression.

Rule

An abstract concept that represents the common characteristics of Permissions, Prohibitions, and Duties.

Set

A Policy that expresses a Rule over an Asset.

Ticket

A Policy that grants the holder a Rule over an Asset from an assigner.

Undefined Term

Is used to indicate how to support Actions that are not part of any vocabulary or profile in the policy expression system.

Absolute Asset Position

A point in space or time defined with absolute coordinates for the positioning of the target Asset.

Absolute Asset Size

Measure(s) of one or two axes for 2D-objects or measure(s) of one to tree axes for 3D-objects of the target Asset.

Absolute Spatial Asset Position

The absolute spatial positions of four corners of a rectangle on a 2D-canvas or the eight corners of a cuboid in a 3D-space for the target Asset to fit.

Absolute Temporal Asset Position

The absolute temporal positions in a media stream the target Asset has to fit.

Accept Tracking

To accept that the use of the Asset may be tracked.

Has Action

The operation relating to the Asset for which the Rule is being subjected.

Ad-hoc sharing

The act of sharing the asset to parties in close proximity to the owner.

Aggregate

To use the Asset or parts of it as part of a composite collection.

And

The relation is satisfied when all of the Constraints are satisfied.

And Sequence

The relation is satisfied when each of the Constraints are satisfied in the order specified.

Annotate

To add explanatory notations/commentaries to the Asset without modifying the Asset in any other way.

Anonymize

To anonymize all or parts of the Asset.

Append

The act of adding to the end of an asset.

Append To

The act of appending data to the Asset without modifying the Asset in any other way.

Archive

To store the Asset (in a non-transient form).

Assignee

The Party is the recipient of the Rule.

Assignee Of

Identifies an ODRL Policy for which the identified Party undertakes the assignee functional role.

Assigner

The Party is the issuer of the Rule.

Assigner Of

Identifies an ODRL Policy for which the identified Party undertakes the assigner functional role.

Attach policy

The act of keeping the policy notice with the asset.

Attach source

The act of attaching the source of the asset and its derivatives.

Attribute

To attribute the use of the Asset.

Attributed Party

The Party to be attributed.

Attributing Party

The Party who undertakes the attribution.

Commercialize

The act of using the asset in a business environment.

Compensate

To compensate by transfer of some amount of value, if defined, for using or selling the Asset.

Compensated Party

The Party is the recipient of the compensation.

Compensating Party

The Party that is the provider of the compensation.

Concurrent Use

To create multiple copies of the Asset that are being concurrently used.

Handle Policy Conflicts

The conflict-resolution strategy for a Policy.

Consented Party

The Party who obtains the consent.

Consenting Party

The Party to obtain consent from.

Consequence

Relates a Duty to another Duty, the latter being a consequence of not fulfilling the former.

Has Constraint

Constraint applied to a Rule

Contracted Party

The Party who is being contracted.

Contracting Party

The Party who is offering the contract.

Copy

The act of making an exact reproduction of the asset.

ODRL Core Profile

Identifier for the ODRL Core Profile

Count

Numeric count of executions of the action of the Rule.

Datatype

The datatype of the value of the rightOperand or rightOperandReference of a Constraint.

Datetime

The date (and optional time and timezone) of exercising the action of the Rule. Right operand value MUST be an xsd:date or xsd:dateTime as defined by [[xmlschema11-2]].

Delay Period

A time delay period prior to exercising the action of the Rule. The point in time triggering this period MAY be defined by another temporal Constraint combined by a Logical Constraint (utilising the odrl:andSequence operand). Right operand value MUST be an xsd:duration as defined by [[xmlschema11-2]].

Delete

To permanently remove all copies of the Asset after it has been used.

Delivery Channel

The delivery channel used for exercising the action of the Rule.

Derive

To create a new derivative Asset from this Asset and to edit or modify the derivative.

Device

An identified device used for exercising the action of the Rule.

Digitize

To produce a digital copy of (or otherwise digitize) the Asset from its analogue form.

Display

To create a static and transient rendition of an Asset.

Distribute

To supply the Asset to third-parties.

Has Duty

Relates an individual Duty to a Permission.

Elapsed Time

A continuous elapsed time period which may be used for exercising of the action of the Rule. Right operand value MUST be an xsd:duration as defined by [[xmlschema11-2]].

Ensure Exclusivity

To ensure that the Rule on the Asset is exclusive.

Equal to

Indicating that a given value equals the right operand of the Constraint.

Event

An identified event setting a context for exercising the action of the Rule.

Execute

To run the computer program Asset.

Export

The act of transforming the asset into a new form.

Extract

To extract parts of the Asset and to use it as a new Asset.

Extract character

The act of extracting (replicating) unchanged characters from the asset.

Extract page

The act of extracting (replicating) unchanged pages from the asset.

Extract word

The act of extracting (replicating) unchanged words from the asset.

Failure

Failure is an abstract property that defines the violation (or unmet) relationship between Rules.

File Format

A transformed file format of the target Asset.

Function

Function is an abstract property whose sub-properties define the functional roles which may be fulfilled by a party in relation to a Rule.

Give

To transfer the ownership of the Asset to a third party without compensation and while deleting the original asset.

Grant Use

To grant the use of the Asset to third parties.

Greater than

Indicating that a given value is greater than the right operand of the Constraint.

Greater than or equal to

Indicating that a given value is greater than or equal to the right operand of the Constraint.

Has part

A set-based operator indicating that a given value contains the right operand of the Constraint.

Target Policy

Identifies an ODRL Policy for which the identified Asset is the target Asset to all the Rules.

Ignore Undefined Actions

The Action is to be ignored and is not part of the policy – and the policy remains valid.

Implies

An Action asserts that another Action is not prohibited to enable its operational semantics.

Include

To include other related assets in the Asset.

Included In

An Action transitively asserts that another Action that encompasses its operational semantics.

Index

To record the Asset in an index.

Industry Context

A defined industry sector setting a context for exercising the action of the Rule.

Inform

To inform that an action has been performed on or in relation to the Asset.

Informed Party

The Party to be informed of all uses.

Informing Party

The Party who provides the inform use data.

Inheritance Allowed

Indicates if the Policy entity can be inherited.

Inherits From

Relates a (child) policy to another (parent) policy from which terms are inherited.

Inherit Relation

Indentifies the type of inheritance.

Install

To load the computer program Asset onto a storage device which allows operating or running the Asset.

Void Policy

The policy is void.

Is a

A set-based operator indicating that a given value is an instance of the right operand of the Constraint.

Is all of

A set-based operator indicating that a given value is all of the right operand of the Constraint.

Is any of

A set-based operator indicating that a given value is any of the right operand of the Constraint.

Is none of

A set-based operator indicating that a given value is none of the right operand of the Constraint.

Is part of

A set-based operator indicating that a given value is contained by the right operand of the Constraint.

Language

A natural language used by the target Asset.

Lease

The act of making available the asset to a third-party for a fixed period of time with exchange of value.

Has Left Operand

The left operand in a constraint expression.

Lend

The act of making available the asset to a third-party for a fixed period of time without exchange of value.

License

The act of granting the right to use the asset to a third-party.

Less than

Indicating that a given value is less than the right operand of the Constraint.

Less than or equal to

Indicating that a given value is less than or equal to the right operand of the Constraint.

Media Context

Category of a media asset setting a context for exercising the action of the Rule.

Metered Time

An accumulated amount of one to many metered time periods which were used for exercising the action of the Rule. Right operand value MUST be an xsd:duration as defined by [[xmlschema11-2]].

Modify

To change existing content of the Asset. A new asset is not created by this action.

Move

To move the Asset from one digital location to another including deleting the original copy.

Not equal to

Indicating that a given value is not equal to the right operand of the Constraint.

Next Policy

To grant the specified Policy to a third party for their use of the Asset.

Obligation

Relates an individual Duty to a Policy.

Obtain Consent

To obtain verifiable consent to perform the requested action in relation to the Asset.

Operand

Operand is an abstract property for a logical relationship.

Has Operator

The operator function applied to operands of a Constraint

Or

The relation is satisfied when at least one of the Constraints is satisfied.

Output

The output property specifies the Asset which is created from the output of the Action.

Part Of

Identifies an Asset/PartyCollection that the Asset/Party is a member of.

Pay

The act of paying a financial amount to a party for use of the asset.

Payment Amount

The amount of a financial payment. Right operand value MUST be an xsd:decimal. 

Payee Party

The Party is the recipient of the payment.

Asset Percentage

A percentage amount of the target Asset relevant for exercising the action of the Rule. Right operand value MUST be an xsd:decimal from 0 to 100.

Prefer Permissions

Permissions take preference over prohibitions.

Has Permission

Relates an individual Permission to a Policy.

Play

To create a sequential and transient rendition of an Asset.

Policy Rule Usage

Indicates the actual datetime the action of the Rule was exercised.

Present

To publicly perform the Asset.

Preview

The act of providing a short preview of the asset.

Print

To create a tangible and permanent rendition of an Asset.

Product Context

Category of product or service setting a context for exercising the action of the Rule.

Profile

The identifier(s) of an ODRL Profile that the Policy conforms to.

Prefer Prohibitions

Prohibitions take preference over permissions.

Has Prohibition

Relates an individual Prohibition to a Policy.

proximity

An value indicating the closeness or nearness.

Purpose

A defined purpose for exercising the action of the Rule.

Read

To obtain data from the Asset.

Recipient

The party receiving the result/outcome of exercising the action of the Rule.

Refinement

Constraint used to refine the semantics of an Action, or Party/Asset Collection

Relation

Relation is an abstract property which creates an explicit link between an Action and an Asset.

Relative Asset Position

A point in space or time defined with coordinates relative to full measures the positioning of the target Asset.

Relative Asset Size

Measure(s) of one or two axes for 2D-objects or measure(s) of one to tree axes for 3D-objects - expressed as percentages of full values - of the target Asset.

Relative Spatial Asset Position

The relative spatial positions - expressed as percentages of full values - of four corners of a rectangle on a 2D-canvas or the eight corners of a cuboid in a 3D-space of the target Asset.

Relative Temporal Asset Position

A point in space or time defined with coordinates relative to full measures the positioning of the target Asset.

Remedy

Relates an individual remedy Duty to a Prohibition.

Reproduce

To make duplicate copies the Asset in any material form.

Rendition Resolution

Resolution of the rendition of the target Asset.

Review Policy

To review the Policy applicable to the Asset.

Has Right Operand

The value of the right operand in a constraint expression.

Has Right Operand Reference

A reference to a web resource providing the value for the right operand of a Constraint.

Scope

The identifier of a scope that provides context to the extent of the entity.

Secondary Use

The act of using the asset for a purpose other than the purpose it was intended for.

Sell

To transfer the ownership of the Asset to a third party with compensation and while deleting the original asset.

Share

The act of the non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the asset to third-parties.

Share-alike

The act of distributing any derivative asset under the same terms as the original asset.

Source

Reference to a Asset/PartyCollection

Geospatial Named Area

A named and identified geospatial area with defined borders which is used for exercising the action of the Rule. An IRI MUST be used to represent this value.

Geospatial Coordinates

A set of coordinates setting the borders of a geospatial area used for exercising the action of the Rule. The coordinates MUST include longitude and latitude, they MAY include altitude and the geodetic datum.

Status

the value generated from the leftOperand action or a value related to the leftOperand set as the reference for the comparison.

Stream

To deliver the Asset in real-time.

Support Undefined Actions

The Action is to be supported as part of the policy – and the policy remains valid.

Synchronize

To use the Asset in timed relations with media (audio/visual) elements of another Asset.

System

An identified computing system used for exercising the action of the Rule.

System Device

An identified computing system or computing device used for exercising the action of the Rule.

Target

The target property indicates the Asset that is the primary subject to which the Rule action directly applies.

Text-to-speech

To have a text Asset read out loud.

Recurring Time Interval

A recurring period of time before the next execution of the action of the Rule. Right operand value MUST be an xsd:duration as defined by [[xmlschema11-2]].

Timed Count

The number of seconds after which timed metering use of the asset begins.

Tracked Party

The Party whose usage is being tracked.

Tracking Party

The Party who is tracking usage.

Transfer Ownership

To transfer the ownership of the Asset in perpetuity.

Transform

To convert the Asset into a different format.

Translate

To translate the original natural language of an Asset into another natural language.

Unique Identifier

An unambiguous identifier

Handle Undefined Term

Relates the strategy used for handling undefined actions to a Policy.

Uninstall

To unload and delete the computer program Asset from a storage device and disable its readiness for operation.

Unit

The unit of measurement of the value of the rightOperand or rightOperandReference of a Constraint.

Unit Of Count

The unit of measure used for counting the executions of the action of the Rule.

Use

To use the Asset

Version

The version of the target Asset.

Virtual IT Communication Location

An identified location of the IT communication space which is relevant for exercising the action of the Rule.

Watermark

To apply a watermark to the Asset.

Write

The act of writing to the Asset.

Write to

The act of adding data to the Asset.

Only One

The relation is satisfied when only one, and not more, of the Constaints is satisfied

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