THE STANDARD

Specification and whitepaper

Rights.dev publishes the credential schema, verification protocol, and revocation model used to verify licensed supply.

WHITEPAPER

Context and rationale

The whitepaper defines the verification gap, governance model, and technical architecture.

PDF — Version 2.0, March 2026

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SPECIFICATION

Schema and protocol

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.

PublishingQ3 2026
PILOT PROGRAM

Pilot: digital sheet music

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.

CONTEXT

Protocols exist. Licensing verification does not.

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.

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