ODRL Visualizer for Human-Readable Contract Translation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Machine-readable contracts in Rights Expression Languages, such as ODRL, are not suitable for human consumption, particularly in the Financial Services industry, where complex market data licenses require non-technical users to understand their meaning for contractual agreements.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that implements an ODRL Visualizer, which receives digital contracts, identifies ontologies, parses them, and converts the contracts into a human-readable format, displaying both machine-readable and human-readable versions side-by-side, allowing users to validate and understand complex terms and agreements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital contracts are written in machine readable Rights Expression Languages (ODRL), then the contracts can express complex agreements and licenses, but the contracts become unsuitable for human consumption and understanding
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary translation layer that converts ODRL machine-readable contracts into human-readable formats. The system includes a translator component that acts as a mediator between the machine-readable contract representation and human users, generating explanatory documents, visualizations, and summaries that bridge the gap between technical complexity and human understanding.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the contract translation process into distinct components: ontology resolution, contract parsing, standard form generation, and human-readable format conversion. Each segment handles a specific aspect of the translation task, making the overall complex process manageable and systematic.
2Reliability
If non-technical users need to understand and verify digital contracts, then they can validate contractual agreements, but they cannot read or interpret Rights Expression Languages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a human-readable copy or representation of the machine-readable contract. The translator generates alternative representations (textual explanations, visual diagrams, structured summaries) that replicate the contractual information in a format accessible to non-technical users, enabling them to verify agreements without needing to read ODRL syntax.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the representation parameters of the contract from machine-readable syntax to human-readable formats. This involves transforming the contract's structural and semantic parameters into different formats (natural language, visual representations, simplified structures) that match human cognitive patterns and reading capabilities.
3Measurement precision
If the system translates and displays both machine readable and human readable versions side-by-side, then users can compare and verify contracts, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display interface into separate panes or sections: one for the machine-readable ODRL contract and another for the human-readable translation. This segmentation allows the system to present complex translated content in an organized manner while maintaining the underlying processing complexity in a modular fashion.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary translation and standard form generation before displaying the side-by-side comparison. The translator pre-processes the contract into a standardized internal representation and generates human-readable versions in advance, so that when the user requests a comparison, the content is already prepared and ready for display.
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AI summary
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an innovative ODRL Visualizer is a graphical web-based tool that loads a digital contract, resolves various ontologies that are referenced, parses standard forms (such as ISO 8601 standard guiding the way to notate periods of time) and converts the digital contract to a human-readable form.