Re: [xacml] IPC profile proposed attribute list

[David Brossard <david.brossard@axiomatics.com>]

Hi John,

I don't see how the following structure makes it easier than what you had before. Where's the catch to having too many string data-types attributes?

Agreement-Type:non-disclosure-agreement                 Boolean
Agreement-Type:proprietary-information-agreement        Boolean
Agreement-Type:technical-data-grant                             Boolean
Agreement-Type:patent-grant                                     Boolean
Agreement-Type:trademark-grant                          Boolean
Agreement-Type:cross-licensing-grant                    Boolean
Agreement-Type:royalty-bearing                          Boolean

In the WD05 in section 2.1.5 you used multi-valued attributes so why the change to a list of boolean? It seemed cleaner in WD05.

Also with regards to copyright and a time attribute (for expiry), is copyright-registration the time at which registration was achieved? I couldn't find the attribute in WD05. I believe you introduced it in this email (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xacml/201111/msg00005.html).

My question is: is having a boolean and a timestamp a bit redundant. Could we infer that no timestamp means false and the presence of a timestamp will help determine whether true or false depending on whether the timestamp has expired.

True the boolean will help simplify policy authoring. It could actually be a virtual attribute computed by a PIP rather than stored in an underlying attribute store. But of course that's an implementation discussion which is orthogonal to the profile discussion.

Thanks John,
David.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Tolbert, John W <john.w.tolbert@boeing.com> wrote:

To reduce the number of string data-types, we've decided to expand the allowable strings for the "agreement-type" and "affiliation-type" attributes into separate Boolean attributes, as noted below.  I plan on updating WD-06 with this new structure and more explanatory text.


Resource attribute                                              Data Type
Copyright                                                               Boolean
Copyright-Registration                                          String
Patent                                                          Boolean
Patent-Registration                                             String
Proprietary                                                             Boolean
Public-Domain                                                   Boolean
Trademark                                                               Boolean
Trademark-Registration                                          String
IP-Owner                                                                String
IP-Designee                                                             String
Agreement-Type:non-disclosure-agreement                 Boolean
Agreement-Type:proprietary-information-agreement        Boolean
Agreement-Type:technical-data-grant                             Boolean
Agreement-Type:patent-grant                                     Boolean
Agreement-Type:trademark-grant                          Boolean
Agreement-Type:cross-licensing-grant                    Boolean
Agreement-Type:royalty-bearing                          Boolean
Agreement-Id                                                    String
Effective-Date                                                  Date
Expiration-Date                                                 Date


Subject attribute                                                       Data Type
Organizational-Affiliation                                      String
Affiliation-Type:customer                                       Boolean
Affiliation-Type:supplier                                       Boolean
Affiliation-Type:partner                                        Boolean
Affiliation-Type:non-profit                                     Boolean
Affiliation-Type:government                                     Boolean
Affiliation-Type:primary-contractor                             Boolean
Affiliation-Type:sub-contractor                         Boolean
Affiliation-Type:joint-development                              Boolean
Affiliation-Type:authorized-sub-licensor                        Boolean
Agreement-Id                                                    String



Thoughts?

Thanks,

John

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