Method and system for synchronized policy control in a web services environment

The invention describes a way to ensure that security and operational rules, called policies, are applied consistently across all parts of a Web service. It does this by linking the public-facing representation of a Web service with the actual underlying resources it uses. This linking, done through specific mapping rules, prevents different, conflicting policies from being accidentally applied to the same resource, simplifying management for both application developers and security teams. The claims specifically describe this as a computer-implemented method.