| Towards a policy-aware web (2005) | |||||||||||||||
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| Abstract. In this paper, we argue that a new generation of Policy-Aware Web (PAW) technology can hold the key for providing open, distributed and scalable information access on the World Wide Web. Our approach provides for the publication of declarative access policies in a way that allows transparency for information sharing among parties. In addition, greater control over information release can be placed in the hands of the information owner, by employing rule-based discretionary access control. In this paper, we outline the kind of reasoning support which is needed to achieve these goals. Also, we present our initial steps in this direction. Our example application for this purpose is a calendar and photo sharing web site that uses a distributed policy framework (REIN) built on top of a rule-based reasoner (CWM). 1 Introduction/Motivation While Semantic Web (SW) technologies continue to increase in popularity and scope, certain data owners are still reluctant to make their data public. The | |||||||||||||||
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