Apparatus and method for importing content including plural pieces of usage constraint information

摘要

Provided are a method and apparatus for generating separate rule data using a database management system (DBMS) based language in order to efficiently manage usage rules of content. The method of providing usage rule data of content included in a mobile storage medium connected to a content reproduction device, the method includes: generating first rule data that is a set of rules used to manage the usage rule data based on a data structure of a database management system (DBMS); and generating second rule data that is a set of rules used to access the usage rule data using the first rule data.