Using an access control list rule to generate an access control list for a document included in a file plan

摘要

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for using an access control list rule to generate an access control list for a document included in a file plan. A file plan includes a plurality of containers, wherein each container is capable of providing management information for documents in the file plan. An access control list rule indicates one of a plurality of access control list rules, wherein the access control list rules provide different ways to form file plan document access control lists using at least one of an access control list defined for a container and a pre-file plan document access control list indicating users enabled to access the document before the document is added to the file plan. A request to add a document to the file plan is received and a file plan document access control list is generated according to the defined access control list rule. The file plan document access control list is associated with the document in the file plan.