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• creation, deletion, edit, maintenance of policy models
• descriptions to enable the policy modules to be visible, where the description includes a unique identifier for the policy and a sufficient, and preferably a machine processible, representation of the meaning of terms used to describe the policy, its functions, and its effects;
• one or more discovery mechanisms that enable searching for policies that best meet the search criteria specified by the service participant; where the discovery mechanism will have access to the individual policy descriptions, possibly through some repository mechanism;
• accessible storage of policies and policy descriptions, so service participants can access, examine, and use the policies as defined.
• expression of assertion and commitment policy constraints;
• expression of positive and negative policy constraints;
• expression of permission and obligation policy constraints;
• nesting of policy constraints allowing for abstractions and refinements of a policy constraint;
• definition of alternative policy constraints to allow for the selection of compatible policy constraints for a consumer and provider;
• composition of policies to combine one or more policies.
• decision procedures which must be able to measure and render decisions on constraints;
• enforcement of decisions;
• measurement and notification of obligation constraints;
• auditability of decisions, enforcement, and obligation measurements;
• administration of policy and contract language artifacts;
• storage of policies and contracts;
• distribution of policies/contracts;
• conflict resolution or elevation of conflicts in policy rules;
• delegation of policy authority to agents acting on behalf of a client;
• decision procedures capable of incorporating roles and/or attributes for rendered decisions.

This Functional Profile includes, but is not limited to, the following capability elaborations:

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• descriptions to enable the policy modules to be visible, where the description includes a unique identifier for the policy and the metamodel representation of the meaning of terms used to describe the policy, its functions, and its effects;
• one or more discovery mechanisms that enable searching for policies that best meet the search criteria specified by the service participant; where the discovery mechanism will have access to the individual policy descriptions through some repository mechanism;
• accessible storage of policies and policy descriptions, so service participants can access, examine, and use the policies as defined.
• expression of assertion and commitment policy constraints;
• expression of positive and negative policy constraints;
• expression of permission and obligation policy constraints;
• nesting of policy constraints allowing for abstractions and refinements of a policy constraint;
• definition of alternative policy constraints to allow for the selection of compatible policy constraints for a consumer and provider;
• composition of policies to combine one or more policies.
• decision procedures which must be able to measure and render decisions on constraints;
• enforcement of decisions;
• measurement and notification of obligation constraints;
• auditability of decisions, enforcement, and obligation measurements;
• administration of policy and contract language artifacts;
• storage of policies and contracts;
• distribution of policies/contracts;
• conflict resolution or elevation of conflicts in policy rules;
• delegation of policy authority to agents acting on behalf of a client;
• decision procedures capable of incorporating roles and/or attributes for rendered decisions.