And a resource transcode document 132, which is output by the enforcement module 30, is a document such as an HTML or XML document, or a data string (an HTML or XML string, etc.). [0063]FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the processing performed by the access control system 100 in FIG. 2 when handling an access request. [0064] The processing sequence in FIG. 4 is initiated upon the receipt of an