Automated Content Access Protocol ("ACAP") is a proposed method of providing machine-readable permissions information for content. This will allow automated processes (such as search-engine web crawling) to be compliant with publishers policies without the need for human interpretation of legal terms. ACAP was developed by the publishing industry with technical partners (including search engines). It is intended to provide support for more sophisticated online publishing business models, but has been criticised for being biased towards the fears of publishers who see search and aggregation as a threat, rather than as a source of traffic and new readers.