1. In a data processing structure with a distributed architecture including a plurality of subject entities and at last one authority entity, a resource management method for configuring the subject entities, each subject entity belonging to at least one of a plurality of categories and controlling an instance of at least one resource, the at least one authority entity defining a target state of the resources, wherein the method includes the steps of: publishing, under the control of the at least one authority entity, a plurality of rules each one including an indication of the target state of a resource for a category of the subject entities, each subject entity performing a self-configuration of itself by (i) retrieving the rules corresponding to the at least one category of the subject entity, and (ii) applying each retrieved rule to self-configure the subject entity according to the target state indicated in the rule.