A Semantic Policy Management Environment For End-Users

We describe a policy management environment (PME) for the Semantic Web and show its added value compared to existing policy-related developments. In particular, we detail a part of the PME, the policy acquisition tool that enables non-expert users to create and modify semantic policy rules. The implementation of such a policy editor has at its core a semantic reasoner operating on N3 rules and a simple web-based user interface. We describe applications in which PME is used and discuss the feasibility and advantages of ontology-based and community-driven policy management.