Re: [COAS-List] RE: [hrac resources]

["David M. Chizmadia" <dmc@tycho.ncsc.mil>]

Bob,

  I agree with your point about sensitivity labels possibly
being too simplistic.  In my last message to Juggy, I came
out in favor of the view that in many cases, certain
information within the RESOURCE is in fact RSM as well as
operational data.  The examples you cite below fall into
this category.

  If you look in my messages, you'll see a pattern emerging
that advocates the use of "HRAC Policies" as the mechanism
for structuring a flat "HRAC Resource Space."  There are
some other subtleties that I'm working through, and then
I hope to post a revised object model and a proposed set of
IDL interfaces for consideration.

-DMC

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Glicksman <bobg@medgrid.philips.com>
To: juggy@careflow.com <juggy@careflow.com>; hrac-rfp@cs.fiu.edu
<hrac-rfp@cs.fiu.edu>
Cc: coas@cs.fiu.edu <coas@cs.fiu.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [COAS-List] RE: [hrac resources]


>Let's please also acknowledge that "sensitivity labels" and the like
are
>simplistic mechanisms.  There is a question in  my mind as to whether
or
>not this approach is overly simplistic.  When I ask customers for
examples
>of "policy rules" they come back with stuff like "HIV information
requires
>special access restrictions".  But what constitutes "HIV information"
at
>the clinical data level.  Certain blood antigen tests, certain
combinations
>of medications, even consultation with certain physicians can be
strong
>indicators of testing for HIV positive.  However, any particular item
of
>information here may be totally innocuous.  It is the combination of
>certain items that requires a more restricted access.  I know this
same
>principle is true of DOD type of information, but I don't know how it
is
>handled in a "HRAC sense".  Dave -- as an expert in this area, can
you shed
>any light on this problem?
>

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