摘要 |
Input is obtained to modify one of a set of self-consistent and prioritized document policies, each policy indicating an allowability of a requested action when a condition of the policy is satisfied. Each policy is representable by a node on a multipartite graph, the node being located in a part of the multipartite graph that corresponds to the allowability indicated by the policy. Two nodes are connectable by an edge that indicates a relative priority between their corresponding policies. A transitive closure of the representation is computed so as to identify paths of contiguous edges that connect pairs of nodes. When two policies with different allowabilities are applicable to a single requested action on a single document, and when the corresponding nodes are connected by one of the identified paths, a relative priority is automatically assigned to the two policies as indicated by the path. |