Emc Corporation

Aamir Farooq

Roger W Kilday

Application supervised access to managed content is disclosed. In some embodiments, a free form ACL is defined to delegate to one or more users and/or groups of users an access right or restriction a content manage system is not configured to understand and/or enforce. In some embodiments, if a user requests that an application perform an operation with respect to a content item, the application queries a content management system to determine whether the user has been granted the right to perform the requested operation with respect to the content item. The authoring application then allows or disallows the requested operation based at least in part on the information provided by the content management system.

Application-supervised access to managed content

Restricting access to managed content to users that are both (1) members of one or more required groups identified in an ACL associated a content item to which access is requested and (2) otherwise granted access under the ACL, e.g., by virtue of their individual identity, role, or group membership is disclosed. In some embodiments, an ACL is configured to identify one or more groups as being a 'required' group, membership in which is required for a user to be granted access to a content item with which the ACL is associated. If a user is not a member of a required group, the user is denied access (or denied access above a certain level), even if the user is otherwise delegated access rights in the ACL.

Mandatory access control list for managed content

Restricting access to managed content to users that are both () members of one or more required groups identified in an ACL associated a content item to which access is requested and () otherwise granted access under the ACL, e.g., by virtue of their individual identity, role, or group membership is disclosed. In some embodiments, an ACL is configured to identify one or more groups as being a 'required' group, membership in which is required for a user to be granted access to a content item with which the ACL is associated. If a user is not a member of a required group, the user is denied access (or denied access above a certain level), even if the user is otherwise delegated access rights in the ACL.

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Aamir Farooq