The document discusses the international technical standard for a digital rights permission code. The standard was proposed in 1997-1998 and aims to simplify complex permission information from rights holders into a numerical code that consumer devices can understand. It became standardized through various organizations in Japan and was adopted as an international standard by the IEC in 2008. The standard includes four components - a content ID, rights holder ID, user ID, and digital rights permission code - that are packaged with digital content to ensure it is used correctly.