The term Delivery Mechanism is seen in logs and in the database schema. What does Delivery Mechanism refer to?
A "delivery mechanism" is a term that describes the combination of a data format and a DRM scheme. Some possible delivery mechanisms are:
- EPUB, ACS DRM
- PDF, LCP DRM
- EPUB, no DRM
- Overdrive Read web application, no DRM
- Findaway audiobook DRM (in this case the data format is implied by the DRM scheme)
The server must communicate both pieces of information to the mobile application, because to render the content the app needs to be able to negotiate the DRM scheme (if any) and display the media type.
