THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY October 4, 2002 XrML ______________ TODAY'S SPONSOR: VeriSign - The Value of Trust
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ContentGuard, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Reuters, and VeriSign are among the companies promoting XrML. XrML was developed from Digital Property Rights Language (DPRL), a LISP-based language developed by Mark Stefik of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. Stefik created DPRL as a machine-readable language that could be used to define access rules and procedures, for use with the trusted PC. Stefik made DPRL 2.0 XML-based, because XML is extensible and thus, interoperable with other emerging standards and able to adapt to changing needs. Xerox, with collaboration from Microsoft, launched a new company for the development and promotion of DPRL. In 2000, that company, ContentGuard, released XrML as a refined version of the earlier language. 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