XML access control and e-commerce technologies for advanced information distribution

We summarize our research results on next generation information distribution, which can serve as key technologies for e-government and e-commerce. Two topics are covered. One is translating XML access authorizations, which is a vital technology for exchanging XML documents between various organizations while preserving required access security. The other is generating Web menus for configurable goods. This topic covers an important issue in e-commerce, discussing the problem of generating appropriate Web menu structures for configurable goods, by which buyers can easily configure components of their needs, with less chance of facing combination errors.