Re: names of policies in policies

[Konstantin Beznosov <beznosov@baptisthealth.net>]

Srikanth,

This is what decision-combinator (DC) for. It takes results of one or more
policy evaluators work and makes a final decision. In essence, DC evaluates a
policy about policies.

Hope it helps.

Konstantin

> 
> Hi Konstantin,
> 
>      Had one more question.  Is it possible to have policy Names in the
> policy.
> 
> Eg. if there is a policyName ABC, can the policy corresponding to it be
> 
> AND(A,B,C) where A,B,C are themselves policyNames.
> 
> The ADO would be able to distinguish between policies and policyNames.  On
> encountering policies, it would evaluate them whereas on encountering
> policyNames, it would fetch the corresponding policy and then evaluate it.
> 
> Again policyName A could correspond to the policy
> 
> OR(X,Y,Z) Where X,Y,Z are again policy Names and B could correspond to
> 
> GEN : RWM  (actual policy)
> 
> I think this would enable arbitrarily complex policies to be represented
> elegently and at the same time reduce the policyName explosion.
> 
> Thanks,
> Srikanth.
> 
>
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