Patent ID: 8181257

Claim:
A method for allowing selective access to a document between a plurality of domains, the method comprising: obtaining a composed section of the document at a first domain using a processor within a computer, wherein the document comprises a plurality of sections; applying a security policy at the first domain to the composed section of the document using the processor, the security policy comprising an access level of at least one of: read only or write only, wherein the security policy comprises an access rule that is section based, wherein the security policy requires that a security token be used in order to grant access to the composed section in response to authentication of a user, wherein the security token is associated with the document; and distributing the security policy from the first domain to a second domain for applying the security policy to the document at the second domain, wherein the security policy is distributed separately from the document, wherein the second domain is different than the first domain, wherein the security token is distributed from the first domain to be cached locally at the second domain.