Re: P work in new charter

> Markus Hofmann wrote:

> > * Writing simple filters/actions: While modifying a message to be able to ....

> If a function like "adding of authentication controls" is needed, a
> little service doing this can be written, and a rule can be specified
> to invoke this service.

I beleive and agree with others on the need for  local services for peformance
reasons. If the mechanism is an indirect way of registering local services that is
fine - but then we should clearly specify means of interfacing external modules to
P. [ does that add to the scope of P? ]

> > (d) defining mechanisms by which a user can communicate rulesets to the OPES
> > processor.
>
> Such mechanism is needed (one might default to existing ones), but out
> of scope of the WG.

Can you please give me specific pointers to existing mechanisms here? I would like
to evaluate their sufficiency  for the intended usage.

Thanks and regards
Geetha