Keynote
Policy exists as a social concept. Real world policies are largely represented in natural languages on paper. Implementation of policy depends on human interpretation and application. Most, if not all, policy work that has gone on in both academia and industry tries to turn this into a mechanized process using computing technology. Yet, the process of automating high-level policy specification and translation into operative control structures has only yielded limited success. Practical policy work is done in narrowly focused areas such as network QoS or IPSec while most academic proposals apply to no more than toy examples. So, is an all encompassing mechanized policy for our world an attainable future, or a figment of our imagination?
Invited Talks
This will provide a brief overview of the underlying theory of the IETF Policy work, concentrating on the Policy Core Information Model and the Policy QoS Information Model. It will include a brief overview detailing the underlying assumptions and goals that led to this model, an overview of the model itself, and a detailed example of how the model can be used in practice.