[IETF-IDRM] Fwd: Re: [IDRM] draft-irtf-idrm-handle-system-protocol-00.txt

[Thomas Hardjono]

>Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 01:31:44 -0400
>From: Michael Mealling <michael@neonym.net>
>Subject: Re: [IDRM] draft-irtf-idrm-handle-system-protocol-00.txt
>To: Mark Baugher <mbaugher@cisco.com>
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>On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:26:05PM -0700, Mark Baugher wrote:
> > My first comment is that there does not seem to be name-resolution 
> draft in
> > the mix.  Is this not to be published?  I can see a lot of uses for a
> > namespace that is not global, such as between a content provider
> > (publisher) and service provider (distributor) that want to use the
> > metadata facilities of handles to store rights information with the 
> content
> > work and to identify one or more "official repositories" for the content
> > work.  If you're requiring a global namespace but not publishing the
> > resolution mechanisms, then this seems to be an impediment to many
> > business-to-business uses.
>
>If you need name resolution then you should take a look at the
>URI Resolution documents:
>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-urn-uri-res-ddds-03.txt
>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-urn-dns-ddds-database-04.txt
>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-urn-ddds-04.txt
>
>Is there any reason why a DRM system needs a special namespace? I've
>heard a persistence requirement from some and in that case you could easily
>use URNs. But in the general case, shouldn't a URI be sufficient for
>identifying the resource that is having its rights digitally managed?
>
> From all of the examples I've ever seen any DRM system is really just
>a special function metadata service with some strong encryption thrown
>in for good measure....
>
>-MM
>
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