CREATING POLICY RULES AND ASSOCIATED POLICY RULE COMPONENTS
First Claim
1. A method for managing policy elements in an information processing system, the method comprising:
- retrieving at least one policy element from a plurality of policy elements stored in at least one policy repository, wherein the plurality of policy elements include at least one ofa plurality of reusable policy rules,a plurality of reusable policy rule components,a plurality of reusable policy rule templates, anda plurality of and policy rule component templates;
creating a new reusable policy element from at least one ofthe policy element that has been retrieved, anda default policy element;
storing the new reusable policy element in the at least one policy repository; and
querying a reusable policy element using metadata associated with the reusable policy element.
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Abstract
A method and information processing system manage policy elements in an information processing system. At least one policy element (110) from a plurality of policy elements stored in at least one policy repository (108) is retrieved. The plurality of policy elements includes at least one of a plurality of reusable policy rules (110), a plurality of reusable policy rule components (118, 120, 122), a plurality of reusable policy rule templates, and a plurality of and policy rule component templates. A new reusable policy element is created from at least one of the policy element (110) that has been retrieved and a default policy element. The new reusable policy element is stored in the at least one policy repository (108). A reusable policy element is queried using metadata (224) associated with the reusable policy element.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing policy elements in an information processing system, the method comprising:
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retrieving at least one policy element from a plurality of policy elements stored in at least one policy repository, wherein the plurality of policy elements include at least one of a plurality of reusable policy rules, a plurality of reusable policy rule components, a plurality of reusable policy rule templates, and a plurality of and policy rule component templates; creating a new reusable policy element from at least one of the policy element that has been retrieved, and a default policy element; storing the new reusable policy element in the at least one policy repository; and querying a reusable policy element using metadata associated with the reusable policy element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing policy elements in an information processing system, the method comprising:
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retrieving at least one policy element from a plurality of policy elements stored in at least one policy repository, wherein the plurality of policy elements include at least one of a plurality of reusable policy rules, a plurality of reusable policy rule components, a plurality of reusable policy rule templates, and a plurality of and policy rule component templates; creating a new reusable policy element from at least one of the policy element that has been retrieved, and a default policy element; storing the new reusable policy element in the at least one policy repository; querying a reusable policy element using metadata associated with the reusable policy element; determining a set of permissions associated with at least one of a human user and a machine user; and authorizing one of the human user and the machine user to perform a set of management operations on the new reusable policy element based on the set of permissions determined to be associated with the at least one human user and the machine user. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An information processing system for managing policy elements in an information processing system, the information processing system comprising:
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a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a policy manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the policy manager is adapted to; retrieve at least one policy element from a plurality of policy elements stored in at least one policy repository, wherein the plurality of policy elements include at least one of a plurality of reusable policy rules, a plurality of reusable policy rule components, a plurality of reusable policy rule templates, and a plurality of and policy rule component templates; creating a new reusable policy element from at least one of the policy element that has been retrieved; a default policy element; store the new reusable policy element in the at least one policy repository; and query a reusable policy element using metadata associated with the reusable policy element. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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