A formal model of active contents based on the ambient calculus

Yasuyuki Tahara*, Nobukazu Yoshioka, Shinichi Honiden

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Abstract

The recent innovation of telecommunication and networking technology is enabling easy and flexible distribution of digital multimedia contents. However, such rapid progress has brought about various problems on intellectual properties and security. We are investigating a technique to solve the problem called active contents based on hierarchical structures of mobile agents. The agents work as wrappers of contents and can easily manage the policies for contents distribution. In this paper, we give a formal model of active contents in order to establish rigorous foundations for the active contents technique, especially the system of the policy control mechanisms. Using the model, we can verify if the behaviors of the active contents satisfy the given policies or not. An example of the redistribution prohibition policy illustrates how the verification works.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsEric Horlait, Thomas Magedanz, Roch H. Glitho
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages132-141
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540202986
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2881
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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