1. In a data processing structure with a distributed architecture ( 100 ) including a plurality of subject entities ( 110 a ) and at last one authority entity ( 105 ), a resource management method ( 300, 400 a ) for self-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 ( 305 - 335 ), 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 retrieving ( 403 - 418 ) the rules corresponding to the at least one category of the subject entity, and applying ( 420 - 432 ) each retrieved rule to configure the subject entity according to the target state indicated in the rule.