TDM Reservation Protocol (TDMRep) Final Community Group Report
Source: https://www.w3.org/community/reports/tdmrep/CG-FINAL-tdmrep-20240510
Structured fields
{
"revision": {
"ref": "2024-05-10",
"pinned": false
},
"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "Web protocol for rights holders to reserve text-and-data-mining rights in machine-readable form: tdm-reservation (0/1) and tdm-policy via /.well-known/tdmrep.json, HTTP headers, HTML meta, EPUB and PDF XMP. Relevant to whether agents may collect media for training.",
"source_type": "documentation",
"availability": "available",
"source_owner": "W3C TDMRep Community Group",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
"known_limitations": [
"Responds to EU CDSM Article 4; legal effect varies by jurisdiction.",
"Adoption by media hosts not measured here."
]
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] Properties: tdm-reservation (1 = rights reserved, 0 = not; other values treated as unset) and tdm-policy (URL to HTML or JSON/JSON-LD policy using an ODRL 2.2 profile). · locator: Core properties source
- [sourced_fact] Channels: /.well-known/tdmrep.json, HTTP response headers, HTML meta elements, EPUB metadata, PDF XMP; priority order is TDM file, then headers, then embedded metadata. · locator: Expressing reservations section source
- [sourced_fact] Status: Final Community Group Report dated 10 May 2024 by the W3C TDMRep Community Group (editor Laurent Le Meur, EDRLab); not a W3C Standard; governed by the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement. · locator: Status and license source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| documentation | LicenseRef-W3C-Community-Final-Specification-Agreement | restricted | unknown | unknown | unknown | Governed by the W3C Community FSA; terms not read in detail. |