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Harm Schotanus et al.<br />

The security requirements are minimal, as the binding between the document and the label is weak at<br />

this point. Basically the label only needs to contain a reference to the original document. Within an<br />

information domain, it could be used for enforcing need-to-know separation or communities of<br />

interest. Figure 2 shows an abstraction of the functionality needed for this approach.<br />

Labelling<br />

application<br />

Workstation<br />

Labels and<br />

documents<br />

Information<br />

management<br />

system<br />

Figure 2: Labelling for information lifecycle management purposes<br />

Essentially, the architecture for this set-up contains only two main aspects:<br />

An application that can create labels.<br />

An information management system: an environment or system that can be used to store<br />

information and labels together.<br />

When a user creates information, the labelling application can be used to link several attributes to the<br />

information. The information and the label will both be stored in the information management system<br />

(IMS). The user may disseminate the information either through the IMS or by separate means. The<br />

IMS can in the latter case be used to retrieve the label, when the information is presented.<br />

3.2 Disseminating cross-domain information<br />

We can extend the information lifecycle management functionality so that it is possible to inform a<br />

recipient of information in another information domain about the way the information should be<br />

treated; e.g. under what memorandum of understanding it is exchanged or what classification is<br />

attached to the information. In this case when a user sends the information to a recipient, the label<br />

with the necessary meta-information has to be sent as well. This purpose is mostly intended of<br />

information-sharing across different information domains, where each information domain has the<br />

same or a very similar security policy. The label here has an informative, procedural aim and does not<br />

necessarily form a technical enforcement.<br />

Labelling<br />

application<br />

Workstation<br />

Labels and<br />

documents<br />

Document<br />

Information<br />

management<br />

system<br />

Figure 3: Labelling for disseminating cross-domain information<br />

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Label<br />

Release<br />

mechanism

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