Abstract: A self-governing, self-healing and self-optimizing policy oriented grid architecture. The architecture can include a hosting service configured for use in a computing grid. The hosting service can include a Web service; grid instrumentation coupled to the Web service; a Web service descriptive document; and, a service policy element disposed in the Web service descriptive document. The Web service descriptive document can include a WSDL type document. Moreover, at least one WSLA can be referenced in the WSDL type document. Notably, the service policy element can include at least one policy selected from the group consisting of a security assertion and a business rule. The security assertion can include a security assertion markup language (SAML) formatted authentication statement having a subject specifying a role identifier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for the autonomic installation and configuration of an enterprise business process on-demand. The method comprises: providing a business process document for expressing the business process, wherein the business process comprises a plurality of components and a workflow; providing a plurality of installation documents, where each installation document describes an installation of a component of the business process; providing a mapping document for mapping each component of the business process to at least one of the installation documents describing the installation of that component; and provisioning the business process on-demand using the business process document, the installation documents, and the mapping document.

Abstract: In general, the present invention provides a method, system, and program product for managing personal attributes across enterprise domains. Specifically, under the present invention, personal attributes for an end-user will be located among the enterprise domains. Once located, the personal attributes will be grouped into a set of profiles based on associated services (e.g., medical, insurance, etc.). The end-user can log into the system to see his/her personal attributes and to provide input regarding how access to the personal attributes should be controlled. Specifically, based on the end-user's input (and possibly other factors such as applicable legislation) an access control policy will be generated and used to control access to the personal attributes. In addition, any transactions involving the personal attributes will be recorded so that auditing can take place.

Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for conducting a cross-organizational transaction audit. In one embodiment, the invention includes a first entity requesting that a second entity perform a task; a third entity creating a log of information related to the second entity's performance of the task and verifying to the first entity that the task was performed; the first entity examining the log to determine at least one of the following: whether the second entity's performance of the task was satisfactory and how the second entity used information provided by the first entity in performing the task; and the first entity verifying that the second entity's performance of the task was satisfactory.

Abstract: The “Collaborative Document Merge Tool” or “CDMT” is a computer-implement process and accompanying product for merging a sub-document into a master document, the process comprising: identifying an author of the sub-document; reading metadata that specifies an authorized author of the sub-document; comparing the author to the authorized author, and merging the sub-document into the master document only if the author is identical to the authorized author.