Re: [xacml] WS-Policy and XACML comparison

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Anne Anderson - Sun Microsystems <>
Date
2003-02-26T11:47:21+00:00
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Re: [xacml] WS-Policy and XACML comparison
"Anthony Nadalin" <> wrote:
>Somehow you have mistaken item [6] as WS--Policy requirements, whereas
>these are Tim's views and NOT requirements that drove WS-Policy, so I can
>see how you came to your conclusion !

Tony, I merely referenced Tim's document as one statement of requirements.
As far as I know, there is no published Requirements Specification for
WS-Policy, and that agreeing on the requirements is one of the first tasks
ahead of the group working on WS-Policy.

By the way, two of IBM's contributions to XACML may be very valuable in
addressing WS-Policy requirements:
a) Obligations: there may be an obligation on the service requester
   associated with application of a particular policy, although this
   obligation is transparent to the service provider.
b) Hierarchical resources

Anne
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