You create an application asset to specify the consumer applications that are authorized to consume a particular 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.