A Workshop on The NSF Middleware Initiative and DRM: Summer 2002, Washington DC

田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校将举办一次研讨会，探讨创建数字版权管理(DRM)内容论坛的可行性和兴趣。DRM指的是对数字内容的知识产权和分发的管理，对于研究和教育企业来说是至关重要的。获取、合理使用、协作、DRM中独特的R&A；E要求等问题对R&A；E社区非常重要。NSF中间件计划DRM研讨会将汇聚中间件、内容管理和知识产权管理社区的专家和利益相关者，以解决这些问题，并探索合作开发用于研究和教育的DRM解决方案的方法。研讨会确定了四项可交付成果；-启动国家管理信息中心数字内容论坛(建立成员和目标，并支持通信渠道，如清单)--作为该小组的第一项行动，制定权利核心元数据计划的项目计划--向国家管理信息中心项目组提交关于研讨会审议情况的最后报告，以及成果--向CNI、I2、EDUCAUSE和SURA提交其成员报告

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, will conduct a workshop to explore the feasibility and interest in creating a Digital Rights Management (DRM) Content Forum. DRM refers to the management of intellectual property and distribution of digital content, and is critical to the research and education enterprise. Questions of access, fair use, collaboration, unique R&E requirements in DRM and so forth are very important to the R&E community. The NSF Middleware Initiative DRM workshop will bring together experts and stakeholders for the middleware, content management, and intellectual property management communities to address these questions and explore means of cooperatively developing DRM solutions for research and education. The workshop has identified four deliverables; - launch of the NMI Digital Content Forum (establishment of membership and goals and supporting communication channels such as a listserv - project plan for the development of the rights core metadata scheme as the first action for this group - final report to the NMI Project Team on workshop deliberations, & outcomes - a report to CNI, I2, EDUCAUSE and SURA for their membership