Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing rapid access to data sets used by serverless function executions. Rather than pre-loading an entire data set into an environment of a serverless function, which might incur large latencies, the environment is provided with a local access view of the data set, such as in the form of a read-only mount point. As blocks within the data set are requested, a local process can translate the requests into requests for corresponding network objects. The network objects are then retrieved, and the relevant portion of the object is made available to the environment. Network objects may be shared among multiple data sets, so a host device may include a cache enabling an object retrieved for a first environment to also be used to service requests from a second environment.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for specifying and editing rights associated with a content includes a general model that comprehends rights specification at different levels of the content life cycle. The rights specification includes content association, and the protection of the content is a byproduct of the content and rights association. The general model includes a rights component, a conditions component, a rights offer component, and a rights label component. The rights offers specify the relationship between rights and conditions. The rights labels are collections of the offers.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for specifying and editing rights associated with a content includes a general model that comprehends rights specification at different levels of the content life cycle. The rights specification includes content association, and the protection of the content is a byproduct of the content and rights association. The general model includes a rights component, a conditions component, a rights offer component, and a rights label component. The rights offers specify the relationship between rights and conditions. The rights labels are collections of the offers.