A decision or grant that permits a specified actor to perform a specified action on a specified resource under stated conditions.
Authorization determines allowed action; authentication is a separate concept.
Connections
Typed relationship: related_to
Where it helps
- Explain whether a defined action is permitted.
- Distinguish permission from identity or payment.
- Mark a decision point in a controlled workflow.
Practical-use explanations are editorial examples, separate from the service’s definition.
Identity and history
- Concept identifier
- as:concept:authorization
- Version identifier
- as:concept:authorization@1.0.0-candidate.1
- Published
- October 22, 2026
- Version behavior
- Immutable. Changes require another version.
- Supersedes
- No earlier version listed
- Superseded by
- No later version listed
Rights and attribution
- Definition & metadata
- CC0-1.0
- Associated icon
- No associated icon
- Attribution
- AgentiScript
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