ISO/IEC 19770-3 Quick Guide; leveraging -3 tags in contract negotiations

ISO/IEC 19770-3 Quick Guide; leveraging -3 tags in contract negotiations

ISO/IEC 19770-3 Entitlement tags – when software entitlement can be read and processed by machines (Lower cost, less admin, more clarity)

In this podcast I speak with Jason Keogh of 1E, Editor of the ISO/IEC 19770-3 Standard to give us an update on -3.

The new standard was published in April 2016, so what does it mean to ITAM and how can we make use of it?

What is -3?

From Wikipedia:

“(-3)…provides a technical definition of an XML schema that can encapsulate the details of software entitlements, including usage rights, limitations and metrics.

The primary intentions of 19770-3 are:

1. To provide a basis for common terminology to be used when describing entitlement rights, limitations and metrics
2. To provide a schema which allows effective description of rights, limitations and metrics attaching to a software license.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_19770

In summary, -3 tags are machine readable entitlement. Which means lower cost, less admin and more clarity around licensing.

Jason provides an overview of how -3 tags can be used and why every organization should be insisting, via RFPs, that their software publishers should include -3 tags. Jason argues that the provision of -3 entitlement tags can be a useful discussion point and bargaining chip in software contract negotiations.

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