What it is
TDMRep is a W3C Community Group specification that enables publishers to declare their text and data mining (TDM) policies through a machine-readable file at /.well-known/tdmrep.json. Designed specifically to support the EU DSM Directive’s opt-out mechanism for commercial TDM.
Evidence trail
- Aug 08, 2024 Version 3 final report listed
Examples
/.well-known/tdmrep.json Source
The W3C report shows a minimal root-level reservation file for a whole site.
[
{
"location": "/",
"tdm-reservation": 1
}
] HTML meta tags Source
The same report also defines page-level HTML metadata for reservation and policy links.
<meta name="tdm-reservation" content="1">
<meta name="tdm-policy" content="https://provider.com/policies/policy.json">