5.5.3 Integration

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This class of metapolicies governs the distribution and test concerns. They are used by the distribution process and by the test process. Table

shows some example metapolicies for the integration process:

**Table 5.3:** Example integration metapolicies
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The first metapolicy specifies a general constraint in the integration phase. The management agent may be responsible for registering or testing a policy in its domain. For this, it must be running correctly in the integration process.
In the second metapolicy, an additional constraint is added to a policy state. This may force the system keep the policy persistently stored or trigger an action resulting in the transition of the policy to an inactive state.
The third example specifies a constraint for the activation of an already integrated policy. A successful enforcement can have external conditions that must be satisfied in advance. This has to be ensured before a policy becomes active.
The last of the integration metapolicies governs explicitly the state of a policy in the policy life cycle. This has consequences for other supporting processes such as the distribution process if it is not allowed to start the distribution before a policy has reached this state.

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