[cap-talk] "ambient authority" on wiki.erights.org

[Mark Miller]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Tony Bartoletti1 <bartoletti1 at llnl.gov>wrote:

> Why not a very general definition to begin?  By my understanding:
>
>  Ambient Authority is any authority granted in excess of what was strictly
> required or intended in the performance of an action.
>
>  (especially when such excess granting is due largely to the nature or
> convenience of the "granting system's" granularity)
>
>  (explicitly: Ambient_Authority = Sufficient_Authority -
> Necessary_Authority)
>

That's a fine definition of "excess authority". It has almost nothing
whatsoever to do with "ambient authority".



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   --MarkM
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