A digital licensing model for the exchange of learning objects in a federated environment

Abstract

In this paper, we present a model for a licensing scheme that allows the expression, negotiation and management of digital rights, in a federated object-sharing environment. We first discuss motivations and issues around digital rights management (DRM), we then describe the DRM implementation for the celebrate project, and propose an extension to the celebrate model in order to take into account licenses as opposed to individual rights.