RE: [xacml] Multiple obligations

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Paul,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyson, Paul H [mailto:PTyson@bellhelicopter.textron.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 3:12 PM
> To: Erik Rissanen; xacml@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [xacml] Multiple obligations
> 
> I'm not sure we should tie obligation-combining with policy- or rule-
> combining, since they are really orthogonal concerns.

Obligations are to be returned from applicable rules *that were evaluated* (Section 7.18). Since the combining algorithms define which rules are evaluated, they also define which obligations are returned. So the two orthogonal concerns currently are tied.

I agree that this is not optimal.


Thanks,
Ray