Patent ID: 7747647

Claim:
A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for accessing permission information, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable physical storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the computer system to perform the following: store permission information for a resource, wherein the permission information is stored in a first format that is in a user readable format; transform the permission information from the first format into a second format that is consumable by a first end system type, the second format being different from the first format; transform the permission information from the first format into a third format that is consumable by a second end system type and that is different from the first and second formats, wherein the second and third formats are determined by the end system type of the first and second end systems the permission information is to be provided to; based at least in part upon a change in the permission information, provide the permission information that has been transformed from the first format into the second format to the first end system in the second format consumable by the first end system type; and provide the permission information that has been transformed from the first format into the third format to the second end system in the third format that is consumable by the second end system type; wherein the first and second end systems are configured to enforce a security policy associated with permission information when executing the permission information.