[soa-rm-ra] Comment on the notion of Policy

["Namjoshi, Jyoti" <Jyoti.Namjoshi@patni.com>]

I missed the discussion and reasoning gone into choosing the definition
and description of the Policy that appears on the Wiki page
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/soa-rm/TheArchitecture/Policy (probably it
comes from the way WS-Policy framework uses it).

Instead of looking at Policy merely as a "Constraint" or "Condition",
the representation of Policy should be a condition-action pair:

When Conditions <A, B, C,..> exist, then Do <these actions>

Conditions part may probably be even optional in case of some policies.

PDP and PEP will still apply.

Authorization, access-control policies can be subset of the set of
policies applicable for a service.

Does someone have a set of representative examples of Policies
applicable to services (as capabilities) that are consumed
programmatically?

Thanks and regards,

Jyoti