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PLUS License Data Format: Revision History

Version 1.2.0

Ratified by the PLUS Board on 2008-01-29

Technical corrections, and bilateral revisions negotiated with IPTC to support interoperability of the standards.

Managing Editor	Nelson Nunes
Editor	Jeff Sedlik

Revisions

R1	2008-01-29	Implemented general technical corrections.
R2	2008-01-29	Implemented field changes including some for better interoperability with IPTC.

Changes

Item	Description
Licensor Telephone Type 1	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Licensor Telephone Type 2	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Licensor URL	Modified format to point to RFC 3986. (R1)
License Start Date	Modified format to explicitly require a subset of ISO 8601. (R1)
License End Date	Modified format to explicitly require a subset of ISO 8601. (R1)
Image File Constraints	Changed XMP value type to be Bag URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Image Alteration Constraints	Changed XMP value type to be Bag URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Image Duplication Constraints	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Model Release Status	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Model Release ID	Removed the requirement that this field carry only IDs issued by PLUS. (R2)
Minor Model Age Disclosure	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1) Added missing CV values for Age 22, 23 and 24. (R2)
Property Release Status	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Property Release ID	Removed the requirement that this field carry only IDs issued by PLUS. (R2)
Credit Line Required	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Adult Content Warning	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Terms and Conditions URL	Modified format to point to RFC 3986. (R1)
Image Type	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1) Corrected description of TY-MCI to be singular. (R2)
Licensor Image ID	Removed the requirement that this field carry only IDs issued by PLUS. (R2)
Image File Format As Delivered	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1) Changed description of FF-PIC to be consistent with rest of CV. (R2)
Image File Size As Delivered	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Copyright Status	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)
Creation Date	Modified format to explicitly require a subset of ISO 8601. (R1)
First Publication Date	Modified format to explicitly require a subset of ISO 8601. (R1)
Copyright Owner Image ID	Added field. (R2)
Image Creator Image ID	Added field. (R2)
Image Source	Deprecated this field. Use ImageSupplier instead. (R2)
Image Supplier	Added field to replace ImageSource. (R2)
Image Supplier Name	Added field to replace ImageSourceName. (R2)
Image Supplier ID	Added field to replace ImageSourceID. (R2)
Image Supplier Image ID	Added field. (R2)
License Transaction Date	Modified format to explicitly require a subset of ISO 8601. (R1)
Reuse	Changed XMP value type to be URL to confirm that CV values must be written in URL form. (R1)

Version 1.1.0

Ratified by the PLUS Board on 2007-08-16

Revisions necessary for publishing of technical specification.

Managing Editor	Nelson Nunes
Editors	Jeff Sedlik, Michael Steidl, David Riecks, Roberto Garcia

Revisions

R1	2007-01-24	Initial draft.
R2	2007-02-14	Corrections to initial draft.
R3	2007-05-16	Minor changes related to the completion of the technical specification.
R4	2007-05-24	Minor changes requested by the BOD.
R5	2007-09-12	Minor changes needed for Adobe XMP compatiblity and to make controlled vocabulary values globally unique.
R6	2007-12-24	Revised Lang Alt examples to use structures instead of just text.

Changes

Item	Description
Licensee	Added this field as a parent to the other Licensee fields. (R3)
End User	Added this field as a parent to the other End User fields. (R3)
Licensor	Added this field as a parent to the other Licensor fields. (R3)
Licensor Telephone Type 1	Changed the controlled vocabulary values to be a subset of those specified in the vCard specification. (R3)
Licensor Telephone Type 2	Changed the controlled vocabulary values to be a subset of those specified in the vCard specification. (R3)
Media Usage Permissions	Revised to allow 12 Media Usages which is needed by some PLUS Packs. (R2) Added this field as a parent to the other Media Permissions fields. (R3)
Usage-ID	Renamed this field from "Usage Number" to "Usage-ID" and changed its format to be a Matrix-ID instead of a letter. (R3)
Review Only	Deprecated this field. The media 2UNL meaning "unlicensed" should be used instead to indicate an image that is for review only. (R3)
Image File Constraints	Removed "None" from the controlled vocabulary as this does value not make sense in combination with the other possible values. (R3) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Image Alteration Constraints	Removed "None" from the controlled vocabulary as this does value not make sense in combination with the other possible values. (R3) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Image Duplication Constraints	Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One. (R2) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Model Release Status	Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Minor Model Age Disclosure	Added "Age 25 or Over" value and renamed "Age 21 or Over" to "Age 21". (R3) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Property Release Status	Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Credit Line Required	Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One. (R2) Removed "Not Required Except for Editorial" from the controlled vocabulary. (R2) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Credit Line Text	Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One to make the field compatible with the XMP Property "photoshop:Credit". (R3)
Adult Content Warning	Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Terms and Conditions Text	Changed field "Terms and Conditions Text or URL" to be Text only and moved URL to a separate field. (R3) Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One. (R3) Added comment indicating that this field takes precedent over TermsAndConditionsURL. (R4)
Terms and Conditions URL	Added this field which was formerly part of "Terms and Conditions Text or URL". (R3)
Image Type	Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One. (R2) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Image File Name As Delivered	Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One. (R2)
Image File Format As Delivered	Changed cardinality from Zero-Many to Zero-One. (R2) Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Image File Size As Delivered	Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Copyright Status	Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Copyright Owner	Added this field as a parent to the other Copyright Owner fields. (R3)
Image Creator	Added this field as a parent to the other Image Creator fields. (R3)
Image Source	Added this field as a parent to the other Image Source fields. (R3) Made this field a sequence to better support Adobe XMP. However this collection is limited to having a single item. (R5)
Reuse	Changed controlled vocabulary values to make them globally unique. (R4)
Custom 6	Changed field definition to be at Licensee's discretion. (R3)
Custom 7	Changed field definition to be at Licensee's discretion. (R3)
Custom 8	Changed field definition to be at Licensee's discretion. (R3)
Custom 9	Changed field definition to be at Licensee's discretion. (R3)
Custom 10	Renamed this field to "Custom10" from "Custom0". (R2) Changed field definition to be at Licensee's discretion. (R3)

Version 1.0.0

Ratified by the PLUS Board on 2006-11-01

Original standard approved in November 2006.

Managing Editor	Jeff Sedlik
Editors	David Riecks, Don Resnick, Randy Taylor, Jeff Shear, Betsy Reid