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2.2.9.10.3 DISTRIBUTIONPOINT

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The DISTRIBUTIONPOINT element of the rights policy template either describes the intranet licensing URL of the server to be used for issuing ULs for the PL generated from the rights policy template (this becomes a "publishing point" element), or the URL that is used when a recipient of a protected document wants to request rights to the document (this becomes a "referral-info" element). If the element describes the location of the server, it can be either an internal or an external location.

The DISTRIBUTIONPOINT elements MUST use the following template.

 <DISTRIBUTIONPOINT>
   <OBJECT type="[[- type -]]">
     <ID type="MS-GUID">[[- GUID -]]</ID> 
     [[- name -]] 
     [[- address -]]
   </OBJECT>
 </DISTRIBUTIONPOINT>

[[- type -]]: MUST be the type of the DISTRIBUTIONPOINT address. For the publishing point element, the type is "Publishing-URL", and for the referral-info element, the type is "Referral-Info".

[[- GUID -]]: MUST be a unique GUID that identifies the DISTRIBUTIONPOINT element, represented as a literal ASCII string enclosed in braces.<22>

[[- name -]]: MUST be a name for the object. For an object of type "Publishing-URL", this element MUST contain the text "Publishing Point", while for an object of type "referral-info", this MUST NOT be present.

[[- address -]]: MUST be an ADDRESS element of type "URL". For an object of type "Publishing-URL", this element MUST contain the intranet licensing URL of the server, while for an object of type "referral-info", this element MUST contain the URL to use for requesting rights (usually an email address).