The PICS Specifications

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  1. How to describe a rating service and the rating system it uses. More technically: how to write a schema describing the kind of statements that can be made.
  2. How to find labels for information, and the format for those labels. Trust comes from knowing what is said.
  3. How to sign those labels. Trust comes from knowing who said it.
  4. How to distribute preference settings based on the labels. Trust comes from having rules for deciding what to trust.

Jim Miller

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