RE: [xacml] BTG issues

Hi David,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Chadwick [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:36 PM
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> Subject: Re: [xacml] BTG issues
> 


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> > Does anyone have a use case other than BTG that would fit the
> > generalization?
> 
> How about this one. A police officer is investigating a crime and tries
> to access the personal information about a suspect. He is denied access
> to some of the details, but is given override permission if he can
> enter sufficient (free form) justification which will then be emailed to his
> superior officer and to the police data protection registrar. He knows
> that if they dont buy his argument, he will be reprimanded for breach
> of professional conduct.
> 
> This is similar to a BTG access by a doctor in a hospital to a patient's
> medical records, but it does not use the same terminology as some
> people think this specifically refers to health IT systems.

OK, now that you've demonstrated that there are more use cases like BTG, I think it makes sense to generalize. Unless anyone can think of a reason not to?