Re: [xacml] Attribute categories

[Erik Rissanen <mirty@sics.se>]

Good! Is there going to be a focus group meeting today to discuss this,
as was proposed at the last meeting? I will call in and check if anyone
else will be there.

Best regards, Erik

Daniel Engovatov wrote:
> I tried to make a reasonable draft for introducing abstract attribute
> categories to the XACML context.  It seems there is a choice in between
> less invasive and considerably ugly (IMHO) way, or a nicer way to define
> this that is considerably invasive.  By considerably invasive I mean it
> will require translation of existing policies and request, and extensive
> editing of the specification and of some related profiles.
> The difference is whether to define existing subject categories in the
> terms of the abstract ones.
> I am attaching a short description of the invasive proposal to
> illustrate what I mean here.  I would guess we would need to discuss if
> we are willing to go that route - and I do see some benefits in doing
> that - or if we are not willing to make that many changes to the core
> spec.
> If we are brave I will edit the core spec and the profile documents as
> described in the proposal.  That may take some time as there are a lot
> of (fairly straightforward though) little changes.
> Daniel;
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