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Checking references for intended status: Proposed Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (See RFCs 3967 and 4897 for information about using normative references to lower-maturity documents in RFCs) No issues found here. Summary: 8 errors (**), 0 flaws (~~), 2 warnings (==), 2 comments (--). Run idnits with the --verbose option for more detailed information about the items above. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 A.Daviel 2 INTERNET-DRAFT Vancouver Webpages 3 November 1996 (Expires June 1997) 5 Copy Control for Web Documents 7 Status of this Memo 9 This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working 10 documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its 11 areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also 12 distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. 14 Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six 15 months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other 16 documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet- 17 Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as 18 ``work in progress.'' 20 To learn the current status of any Internet-Draft, please check 21 the ``1id-abstracts.txt'' listing contained in the Internet- 22 Drafts Shadow Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), 23 nic.nordu.net (Europe), munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), 24 ds.internic.net (US East Coast), or ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). 26 Abstract 28 This memo describes a simple syntax for describing the copyright 29 status of a World-Wide-Web document in a machine-readable way. 30 When implemented in a Web browser it provides an unambiguous 31 notification when permission must be sought to print or 32 copy material obtained from the network. 34 1. Introduction 36 Documents on the World-Wide-Web may have varied copyright status. 37 While a human-readable copyright notice is usually included in 38 copyrighted documents, this is usually transparent to automated 39 retrieval agents. This memo describes a simple syntax for 40 defining the copyright status of a document using an HTTP 41 header or HTML META tag. Agents implementing this protocol 42 may refuse to print or save a tagged document, or may display 43 an informational message. 45 2.1 Protocol 47 A protocol version is defined. This memo defines version 1.0. 49 Three copyright-significant actions are defined: print, save 50 and quote. "Print" refers to making a hard copy of a document, 51 or saving a printer-ready version. "Save" refers 52 to saving a source version of a document to non-volatile media. 53 "Quote" refers to including a portion of a document in 54 a new document. 56 Three numeric levels are defined: 0 - disallowed, 57 1 - conditionally allowed, 2 - unconditionally allowed. 59 Internet-Draft Copy Control for Web Documents 61 The copy-control directive consists of a list of actions 62 and levels, together with a URL. The URL points to a document 63 describing the copyright status in detail. Action names may 64 be abbreviated to one character. The directive may be given 65 as an HTTP header or as an HTML META tag. The following are 66 valid directives: 68 Copy-Control: version 1.0 print 2 save 2 quote 2 69 Copy-Control: v 1.0 p 0 s 0 q 1 URL http://some.org/copy.html 70 Copy-Control: v 1.0 p 1 s 1 q 2 u http://some.org/copy.html 71 72 75 2.2 Implementation 77 In a user agent such as a Web browser, the copy-control 78 actions would correspond to the browser actions of printing, 79 saving to file, and transferring to clipboard. If the 80 level defined for the requested action is zero, the 81 browser should refuse to perform the action. If the level 82 is one, the browser should generate a warning message. 83 If the level is two, no message is generated. Where a 84 message is generated, it should contain a hyperlink to 85 the URL given in the directive, if any. 87 Typical messages might be: 88 "This document is copyright. You are not allowed to print it. 89 See http://some.org/nocopy.html for details." 90 "This document is copyright. You are allowed to save it 91 subject to certain restrictions. See http://some.org/copy.html 92 for details." 93 "This document is copyright. You are allowed to quote 94 portions of it subject to certain restrictions. See 95 http://some.org/copy.html for details." 97 The URL would normally also be included in a readable copyright 98 notice. 100 3. Security Considerations 102 Implementation of this protocol will not prevent document copying 103 by persons using a non-compliant agent, and is not a substitute for 104 encryption or secure transport. 106 4. Author's Address 108 A.Daviel 109 Vancouver Webpages Box 357 110 185-9040 Blundell Rd 111 Richmond BC 112 V6Y 1K3 114 Tel. (604)-377-4796 115 Fax. (604)-270-8285 116 mailto:andrew@vancouver-webpages.com