another attribute filtering thread

[Cantor, Scott]

On 3/18/13 7:12 PM, "Tom Zeller" <tzeller at dragonacea.biz> wrote:
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>I modified the "Anatomy" sections on the Attribute Filtering Engine
>Architecture[1] page, first because of grammar, then to simplify.

I adjusted a bit (I think calling them Attribute Value Rules is misleading
since they really operate on attributes, it's the match functors that
evaluate values).

I noted it was actually describing these as containing a boolean for
whether to permit/deny. That seemed less important than just sticking with
the conceptual design, which is that there are explicit permit/deny rules.

>Tomorrow I will likely chat with Rod about not porting the
>MatchFunctor from v2 to v3. Both in code and schema it seems more of a
>developer's shortcut than representing a domain object.

Well, they're really just predicates.

>Where did the language "Policy Requirement Rule" come from ? I am
>curious about terminology history.

Chad made it up, as far as I'm aware.

>As an aside, I would like the wiki, code+javadoc, and schema to align
>clearly, if possible.

By wiki do you mean that design page, or the actual documentation?

-- Scott