name: Rightsline Vocabulary
description: >-
  Vocabulary and taxonomy for the Rightsline rights and royalties management
  platform APIs covering rights licensing, availability, royalties, and
  content distribution workflows.
version: '1.0'
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-02'
terms:
  - term: Rights
    definition: >-
      A legal grant allowing a licensee to distribute, broadcast, or otherwise
      exploit a piece of content within a defined territory, platform, and
      time window.
    synonyms: [license, rights grant, distribution rights]
    relatedTerms: [licensor, licensee, territory, platform, rights window]

  - term: Licensor
    definition: >-
      The rights holder (studio, distributor, or content owner) who grants
      rights to a licensee.
    synonyms: [rights holder, content owner, grantor]
    relatedTerms: [rights, licensee, royalties]

  - term: Licensee
    definition: >-
      The party receiving rights from a licensor, typically a streaming
      platform, broadcaster, or distributor.
    synonyms: [rights recipient, distributor, broadcaster]
    relatedTerms: [rights, licensor]

  - term: Territory
    definition: >-
      The geographic region or market where a licensee has the right to
      distribute content. Examples: US, EU, Worldwide, APAC.
    synonyms: [region, market, territory code]
    relatedTerms: [rights, availability, platform]

  - term: Platform
    definition: >-
      The distribution channel or medium for content, such as SVOD
      (Subscription Video on Demand), TVOD (Transactional VOD),
      EST (Electronic Sell-Through), Theatrical, Broadcast, or Free TV.
    synonyms: [media type, distribution channel, windowing platform]
    relatedTerms: [rights, territory, windowing]

  - term: Rights Window
    definition: >-
      The defined time period (start date to end date) during which a licensee
      has the right to exploit content on a specific platform and territory.
    synonyms: [license window, exploitation window]
    relatedTerms: [rights, availability, territory, platform]

  - term: Availability
    definition: >-
      The validated state of whether content can be distributed on a given
      platform and territory during a specified time window based on active rights.
    synonyms: [content availability, rights clearance]
    relatedTerms: [rights, territory, platform, rights window]

  - term: Royalty
    definition: >-
      A payment owed to a rights holder based on revenue, sales, or usage
      data for distributed content. Calculated per contract terms.
    synonyms: [royalty payment, revenue share]
    relatedTerms: [royalty statement, revenue, rights]

  - term: Royalty Statement
    definition: >-
      A periodic accounting report showing royalties owed or paid for
      content exploitation within a reporting period.
    synonyms: [statement, accounting report]
    relatedTerms: [royalty, revenue, period]

  - term: Catalog
    definition: >-
      The master inventory of content titles and products tracked in
      Rightsline, including films, series, episodes, and other media assets.
    synonyms: [content catalog, product catalog, title library]
    relatedTerms: [rights, royalty, content]

  - term: Contact
    definition: >-
      A person or company record in the Rightsline platform representing
      a licensor, licensee, vendor, or other business entity.
    synonyms: [company, vendor, party]
    relatedTerms: [rights, royalty, licensor, licensee]

  - term: Workflow Action
    definition: >-
      An automated process in Rightsline triggered via the API, such as
      generating a delivery request, creating a billing notice, or
      producing a contract document.
    synonyms: [automation, workflow step]
    relatedTerms: [workflow, delivery request, billing]

  - term: Delivery Request
    definition: >-
      An automated vendor request for content delivery, triggered when
      rights conditions are met and distribution can commence.
    synonyms: [content delivery, distribution request]
    relatedTerms: [workflow, rights, availability]

  - term: Audit Trail
    definition: >-
      A chronological record of all changes made to a rights, royalty,
      or contact record, including the field changed, old value, new value,
      and the user who made the change.
    synonyms: [change history, audit log]
    relatedTerms: [record, change management]

  - term: Message Queue
    definition: >-
      An asynchronous messaging mechanism used by Rightsline Availability
      Endpoints to notify integrated systems about rights changes and
      availability updates in near-real-time.
    synonyms: [availability feed, event queue]
    relatedTerms: [availability, integration, webhook]

  - term: Company API Key
    definition: >-
      A shared credential specific to a Rightsline environment (production,
      staging, integration) used alongside user-level Access Keys to
      authenticate API requests.
    synonyms: [API key, environment key]
    relatedTerms: [authentication, access key, secret access key]

categories:
  - name: Rights Management
    terms: [Rights, Licensor, Licensee, Territory, Platform, Rights Window]
  - name: Availability
    terms: [Availability, Message Queue]
  - name: Royalties and Finance
    terms: [Royalty, Royalty Statement]
  - name: Content and Contacts
    terms: [Catalog, Contact]
  - name: Operations
    terms: [Workflow Action, Delivery Request, Audit Trail, Company API Key]