tdmrep.json
A JSON file at /.well-known/tdmrep.json, defined by the TDM Reservation Protocol from a W3C community group, not a W3C standard. It carries tdm-reservation, a flag stating that text-and-data-mining rights are reserved, and tdm-policy, a link to an ODRL document describing terms.
What tdmrep.json means
It communicates a legal position under the EU text-and-data-mining exception to operators who read it.
What tdmrep.json does not show
By itself it enforces nothing, and CrawlCheck records its presence without treating it as a block, for the same reason it does not treat ai.txt or Content-Signal as one.
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Questions about tdmrep.json
What is tdmrep.json?
A JSON file at /.well-known/tdmrep.json, defined by the TDM Reservation Protocol from a W3C community group, not a W3C standard. It carries tdm-reservation, a flag stating that text-and-data-mining rights are reserved, and tdm-policy, a link to an ODRL document describing terms.
What does tdmrep.json not show or guarantee?
A JSON file at /.well-known/tdmrep.json, defined by the TDM Reservation Protocol from a W3C community group, not a W3C standard. By itself it enforces nothing, and CrawlCheck records its presence without treating it as a block, for the same reason it does not treat ai.txt or Content-Signal as one.
Which area of the glossary does tdmrep.json belong to?
Machine files: The files addressed to machines rather than readers, and what publishing one does and does not buy.
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