Note: this blog is a mirror of my HP Labs Blog, on the same topic, accessible at: http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Research-on-Security-and/bg-p/163

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Part III - PLING: the W3C Policy Languages Interest Group

I have been asked by a few people what a new group member should discuss once involved in the W3C Policy Languages Interest Group (PLING).

I am sure that the discussions of this interest group and priorities will evolve and adapt over time, also based on the interests of this group. Of course, Renato and I will provide some input and guidance.

For the time being, I would personally encourage a new group member to start by sharing his/her own perspective/experience on:
  • Which kind of policies (and languages) do you (or your organisation) use and for which purposes (e.g. security, access control, privacy, federated IdM, etc.)?
  • In which contexts, environments (e.g. network, system, application, service, business levels, etc.) are policies deployed and used?
  • Do you need to deal with heterogeneous set of policies? Do you have interoperability problems? How do you currently keep them consistent and up-to-date?
  • Any relevant use cases and scenarios you would like to share with the group/community?
  • Which issues did you come across (if any) when handling policies?
  • What are the major pain points and limitations (if any) of current policy languages and related policy management systems?
  • Any policy requirement or need you would like to share with the group?

--- NOTE: my original HP blog can be found here ---

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