3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deriving a document control policy for a parent node in the document control policy ontology based on a combination of multiple document control policies associated with child nodes of the parent node in the document control policy ontology, and associating the derived document control policy with the parent node in the document control policy ontology.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the deriving comprises recursively deriving document control policies for parent nodes in the document control policy ontology up to a root node; and wherein the deriving and the associating are performed before deployment of the document control policy ontology.