John S and I have assembled a number of
comments
from PMRM TC members over time and have
discussed
at length possible simplifications in the
PMRM Services
that may address some of your concerns (and
confusion).
The objective is to make the
Methodology/PMRM
as simple as possible, but not any simpler
(to quote Einstein).
In the original work that led to the
current 10 Services,
the Agent, Usage, and Access services were
‘different’
in their nature, being services that
largely invoked other services.
Consideration:
- Agent: Acts as the ‘persona’ for the
underlying Actor/system.
Consider expanding the Interaction
service to include
the Agent capability.
- Usage: handles ‘subsequent’ handling
of PI.
Consider absorbing that capability
into the Control service.
- Control: Manages agreements/permissions
re: PI.
But, the term ‘control’ is already
over-loaded; eg,
we talk about privacy ‘controls’,
which are at a
different logical level in the
architecture.
Consider changing the name of Control
to something else:
one possibility is Usage, expanded
meaning (above).
Anyone have a better name suggestion?
“Manage” is way too broad.