Francis Cave, Brian Green and David Martin describe the purpose, development and potential of standards for the electronic communication of licensing terms between publishers, libraries and other licensees. <a href="/issue50">issue50</a> January 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/911/author-info">brian green</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/912/author-info">david martin</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/910/author-info">francis cave</a>