Access Control Mechanisms for Semantic Web services-A Discussion on Requirements & Future Directions

TL;DR

This paper reviews the requirements and challenges of implementing effective access control mechanisms in Semantic Web services, emphasizing the importance of security and policy models for future research.

Contribution

It identifies key requirements and open issues in access control policies and models for Semantic Web services, guiding future research directions.

Findings

Highlights security as crucial for Semantic Web adoption

Identifies key requirements for access control mechanisms

Discusses open research issues and future directions

Abstract

Semantic Web is an open, distributed, and dynamic environment where access to resources cannot be controlled in a safe manner unless the access decision takes into account during discovery of web services. Security becomes the crucial factor for the adoption of the semantic based web services. An access control means that the users must fulfill certain conditions in order to gain access over web services. Access control is important in both perspectives i.e. legal and security point of view. This paper discusses important requirements for effective access control in semantic web services which have been extracted from the literature surveyed. I have also discussed open research issues in this context, focusing on access control policies and models in this paper.