# TDM Reservation Protocol (TDMRep) Final Community Group Report

- id: src_01M569GEES06MHDD5YG7T66K9S
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T20, T16 · tags: tdm, opt-out, training-permission, robots, eu-cdsm, level:established
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:07.119Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GEES06MHDD5YG7T66K9S

Source: https://www.w3.org/community/reports/tdmrep/CG-FINAL-tdmrep-20240510

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "2024-05-10",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "W3C TDMRep Community Group",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Responds to EU CDSM Article 4; legal effect varies by jurisdiction.",
    "Adoption by media hosts not measured here."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

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: https://www.w3.org/community/reports/tdmrep/CG-FINAL-tdmrep-20240510/
- [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: https://www.w3.org/community/reports/tdmrep/CG-FINAL-tdmrep-20240510/
- [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: https://www.w3.org/community/reports/tdmrep/CG-FINAL-tdmrep-20240510/
- [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:
- documentation: license=LicenseRef-W3C-Community-Final-Specification-Agreement hosting=restricted redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Governed by the W3C Community FSA; terms not read in detail. · evidence: https://www.w3.org/community/reports/tdmrep/CG-FINAL-tdmrep-20240510/

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