RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING LEGALITY EXPRESSION LANGUAGE.

摘要

A system and method for managing a legality expression adapted for use in a system for processing said legality expression, including storing on a removable storage medium (202) a legality expression (208, 210) expressed with a legality expression language; reading the legality expression by a device (204) from the removable storage medium (202); and interpreting the legality expression with an interpreter component (212). The legality expression language includes respective elements for specifying at least one of an obligation, a prohibition, an intention, and an assertion.