Method and registry for enabling the enforcement of design-time policies during runtime in a service-oriented architecture

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for enabling the enforcement of design-time policies (110) during runtime in a service-oriented architecture (SOA), wherein the SOA comprises a plurality of SOA assets, such as web services, and at least one runtime container (20), the runtime container (20) being adapted for enforcing runtime policies on SOA assets executed therein, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a. obtaining (1000, 2000) at least one design-time policy (110) from a SOA registry (10) of the SOA, wherein the at least one design-time policy (110) applies to a plurality of SOA assets grouped into a design-time domain; b. automatically deriving (3000) at least one runtime policy from the at least one design-time policy (110) and at least one runtime domain from the design-time domain, the runtime domain indicating at least one runtime container (20); c. performing a compatibility check (3100) to determine whether the at least one runtime policy can be enforced by the at least one runtime container (20); and d. depending on the result of the compatibility check, automatically deploying (4000) the at least one runtime policy to the runtime container (20).