A method and system for managing a policy includes a memory adapted to store at least one policy, residing at a first abstraction level, where each policy includes a plurality of language elements in a first vocabulary set and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and adapted to perform semantic resolution using a set of ontologies by mapping at least one of the language elements in the first vocabulary set to at least one of a plurality of language elements in a second vocabulary set, the second vocabulary set having at least one of a different grammar and a different vocabulary from the first vocabulary set create a second policy, in response to the semantic resolution.