A SEMANTIC ACCESS CONTROL MODEL FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS

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1 Data & Network Security Lab (DNSL), Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9517, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran,

2 Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9517, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

3 Data & Network Security Lab (DNSL), Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box 11155-9517, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Online Social Networks (OSNs) are very popular and users share various information in these networks. To protect these resources from unauthorized accesses, these frameworks must support flexible access control mechanisms. Semantic technology provides new opportunities for this purpose. This paper proposes a Prioritized Ontology. Based Access Control (POBAC) model for protecting users' information in OSNs.......

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