A DRM Architecture Based on Open Standards

The main goal of this research project is to define a generic architecture for the protection and management of digital rights in a multimedia content management scenario following open standards as much as possible. In order to achieve this goal several standards and initiatives will be analysed and taken into account.First a MPEG-21-based preliminary architecture for the protection and management of digital rights for multimedia content is tackled. Later on a more general architecture is defined. Several implementations are described such as those in several Spanish and European projects such as AXMEDIS VISNET II Linked-Work and GILDDA. The focus in made on use cases security features and a testing methodology. Linked-Work details a specific implementation emphasising on the key concepts that make it different from other kind of DRM systems.