AIPREF Vocabulary Exclusions
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draft-zehta-aipref-exclusions-01
AI Preferences T. R. Zehta
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Intended status: Informational 22 April 2026
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AIPREF Vocabulary Exclusions
draft-zehta-aipref-exclusions-01
Abstract
This document proposes an update to the AI preferences vocabulary
[VOCAB] in order to establish protected uses (exclusions).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Conventions and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Statements of Preference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Understanding Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Public Interest Exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1. Introduction
This proposal establishes exclusions within the AI preferences to
protect public interest activities. These exclusions help balance
content holder agency, end user priority, and public interest
activities that remain essential for the open web. Creating explicit
exclusions from AI preferences for public interest activities will
create certainty and, therefore, strengthen their position.
It proposes a new "Public Interest Exclusions" section in [VOCAB].
This proposal can also be viewed as a [DIFF].
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2. Conventions and Definitions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. Statements of Preference
See [VOCAB].
3.1. Understanding Preferences
See [VOCAB].
3.2. Public Interest Exclusions
Regardless of the preferences expressed, the following public
interest uses are excluded:
* Anyone can use the assets for malicious content detection
- For example: A website that permits user uploads may use the
assets to develop or use tools that detect harmful content
according to established terms of use.
* Any end user can use the assets for internationalization and
localization, and for accessibility tools to aid individuals with
accessibility needs
- For example: Individuals with accessibility needs may utilize
software that uses the assets to access automated captions or
generate accessible formats.
* Organizations that preserve expressed preferences can use the
assets for public archiving
- For example: An archive that preserves preferences may use the
assets to improve the metadata associated with assets or help
with discoverability.
* Cultural heritage institutions and not-for-profit research and/or
educational organizations can use the assets for analysis and
research
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- For example: A cultural heritage organization may use the
assets to provide more useful, reliable, or discoverable access
to historical web collections.
4. Security Considerations
See [VOCAB].
5. IANA Considerations
This document has no IANA actions.
6. References
6.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.
[VOCAB] Keller, P. and M. Thomson, Ed., "A Vocabulary For
Expressing AI Usage Preferences", Work in Progress,
Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-aipref-vocab-05, April 2026,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-aipref-
vocab-05>.
6.2. Informative References
[AIPREF-IMPACT]
Badii, F., Bailey, L., and J. Levy, "AI Preferences
Signaling: End User Impact", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-farzdusa-aipref-enduser-00, 26 November 2025,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-farzdusa-
aipref-enduser-00>.
[DIFF] "Proposal as diff · Issue #1 · TimidRobot/ietf-aipref-
exclusions", n.d., <https://github.com/TimidRobot/ietf-
aipref-exclusions/issues/1>.
[ENDUSERS] Nottingham, M., "The Internet is for End Users", RFC 8890,
August 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8890.html>.
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Acknowledgments
The following individuals made significant contributions to this
document:
* Diyana Noory
* Sarah Pearson
* Vito Quaglia
Author's Address
Timid Robot Zehta
Creative Commons
Email: timid@creativecommons.org
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