Rights.dev publishes the credential schema, verification protocol, and revocation model used to verify licensed supply.
The whitepaper defines the verification gap, governance model, and technical architecture.
PDF — Version 2.0, March 2026
Download PDF →The formal specification defines the Rights Cleared credential schema, signatures, query protocol, revocation, and versioning. It will be published at schema.rights.dev/v1 when finalized.
Rights.dev starts with digital sheet music because rights ownership and licensing chains are well-defined, high-value, and operationally active across many publishers. That makes it a strong first environment to validate credential issuance, query behavior, and revocation before broader rollout.
The Agentic Commerce Protocol and Universal Commerce Protocol define AI purchasing flows, but neither verifies whether a supplier is licensed. Rights.dev provides that verification layer across both.