Suggested respondent: Le Meur. TDMRep is a technical Community Group specification for expressing reservations and policy discovery, not a W3C Standard or a court finding.
Ask: “Show the end-to-end path from a publisher's policy to a crawler recognising it, and identify where that path can fail.”
A strong answer should cover: resource-specific policies, conflicting signals, publication and update dates, exported files and test evidence. Ask how to retain proof of the instruction that existed when collection occurred. Separate expression of a rule, recognition of it and technical access prevention.
Approved expert quote: [Not yet collected.]