Updated abstract #219

model/config.js

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 var respecConfig = {
         specStatus: "ED",
         shortName:  "odrl-model",
-        publishDate:          "2017-08-14",
+        publishDate:          "2017-08-15",
         editors: [
             {   name:       "Renato Iannella",
                     url:        "https://au.linkedin.com/in/riannella",

model/index.html

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 <section id="abstract">
 
-    <p>The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) provides a flexible and interoperable information model, vocabulary, and encoding mechanisms for describing statements about the usage of content and services. The ODRL Information Model describes the underlying concepts, entities, and relationships that form the foundational basis for the semantics of the ODRL statements. </p>
-        <p>Policies are used to explicitly state what are the permitted and prohibited actions over a certain resource, as well as the obligations required to be meet by stakeholders. In addition, policies may be integrated with constraints (e.g., time constraints) which apply to such actions to impose further restrictions to the uses of the resource. </p>
+    <p>The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) is a policy expression language that provides a flexible and interoperable information model, vocabulary, and encoding mechanisms for representing statements about the usage of content and services. The ODRL Information Model describes the underlying concepts, entities, and relationships that form the foundational basis for the semantics of the ODRL policies. </p>
+
+        <p>Policies are used to represent permitted and prohibited actions over a certain asset, as well as the obligations required to be meet by stakeholders. In addition, policies may be limited by constraints (e.g., temporal or spatial constraints) and duties (e.g. payments) may be imposed on permissions. </p>
 
     </section>
 

vocab/parts/abstract.html

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 <section id="abstract">
 
-    <p>The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) provides a flexible and interoperable information model, vocabulary, and encoding mechanisms for describing  statements about content usage. The ODRL Vocabulary and Expression describes the terms used in such statements and how to encode them.</p>
+    <p>The Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) is a policy expression language that provides a flexible and interoperable information model, vocabulary, and encoding mechanisms for representing statements about the usage of content and services.
+	The ODRL Vocabulary and Expression describes the terms used in ODRL policies and how to encode them.</p>
 </section>