You create an application asset to specify the consumer applications that are authorized to consume a particular service, BPEL process or XML schema. Then, you include the application asset in the Consumers profile of the service, BPEL process or XML schema.

The Application asset type is one of the predefined asset types installed with CentraSite. Application assets are used by the policy-enforcement point (PEP) to determine from which consumer application a request for an asset originated. An application asset defines the precise characteristics by which the PEP can identify or authenticate messages from a specific consumer application at run time.

For information about creating and configuring an application asset, see Run-Time Governance with CentraSite .