XML-Based Policy Engine Framework for Usage Policy Management in Grids
Author(s) -
Babu Sundaram,
Barbara Chapman
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
lecture notes in computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 400
eISSN - 1611-3349
pISSN - 0302-9743
ISBN - 3-540-00133-6
DOI - 10.1007/3-540-36133-2_17
Subject(s) - computer science , xml , middleware (distributed applications) , grid , resource (disambiguation) , database , grid computing , authentication (law) , authorization , set (abstract data type) , world wide web , computer security , computer network , geometry , mathematics , programming language
We have implemented a XML-basedusage policy framework that provides authorization and cost-based accounting in the EZGrid system, a resource broker for grid computing. Primarily, this framework allows the resource owners to exercise more control over their resources by dictating usage permissions in a grid environment. The usage policies and associated rules are expressed as attribute-value pairs in XML. Interfaces are developed for administrators to set these rules and tools are designed to help the users and client-side brokerage systems to examine these policies while making resource choices. Globus toolkit's middleware services are used for authentication and data transport.
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