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Xillion

Xillion is an Attribute-based Resource Framework.

It allows you to work with Resources and their collection of attributes.

Use your entities in XACML, ABAC, OPA and other external policy-based frameworks
Standardise the way remote objects from different sources are represented for integration purposes

Resource: representation of 1 real-world entity. Has a unique ID (in the form of a URL) and an array of Attributes
Attribute: Defines a single attribute. Has a unique ID (in the form of a URL), description, an AttributeType and other metadata
DataType: Data type supported by an Attribute (i.e. string, int, etc)
ResourceRepository: Container for a set of Resources that allows you to search, get and set Resource instances in bulk
ResourceContext: Container for a set of Resources Repositories. The root of the structure.
Profile: A "Contract" or "Interface", specifying which attributes Resources of this type need to "implement'. A single Resource can implement multiple profiles simultaniously.

Specify a Attributes, DataTypes, Profiles and Resources to use in your projects in YAML configuration files
Predefined instances of xml schema datatypes are provided that are commonly used in XACML environments
Resource Repositories: currently ArrayRepository, with plans for PDO and Elasticsearch based Repositories.
Resource Loader
Resource Resolver that can resolve pre-populated Resources with their attributes and types from objects through various means (currently direct and provider-based)
Resolve Resources directly from your entities: Quick and simple method if you "own" those entities.
Resolve Resources through a ResourcesProvider: Useful to extract attributes for entities from external libraries.
Collect your resources in a single Resource Context for bulk operations
Validate one Attribute, a Resource or an entire Resource Context

MIT. Please refer to the license file for details.

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