Using Policies to Validate Assets
Validation is another common task that you can perform using design/change-time policies. You use validation policies to ensure that assets conform to organizational norms and standards before they are accepted into the catalog or enter a critical lifecycle state. For example, you might create validation policies to perform the following types of tasks:
Ensure that a service satisfies certain naming conventions, that it exists within a specified namespace and/or supports specified protocols.
Ensure that an asset has been classified by a specified taxonomy and/or includes required attribute settings.
Ensure that a service complies with Web Service Interoperability (WS-I) standards (Basic Profile 1).
Prevent an asset from being deleted unless it is has reached a specified state within its lifecycle.
CentraSite provides built-in actions that you can use to perform many validation tasks. You can also create custom actions to perform validation tasks that are specific to your environment.
