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Subject: Fine-grained authorization


Section 7.3 of the spec describes the 'authorization' intent.  This 
qualifiable intent has but a single qualifier: fineGrain
and this qualifier is the default.

What this means is that if an implementer specifies the 'authorization' 
intent he will get 'authorization.fineGrain'.
This does not seem right as 'fineGrain' describes a specific type of 
authorization and one that some feel is overly complex.
In light of this, we have two recommendations.

1. Remove the 'fineGrain' qualifier described in the final paragraph of 
section 7.3 and 7.3.1.
2. Do some more thinking about the various styles of qualifier we may 
want to support for 'authorization' and
introduce these in a subsequent version of the spec.

If we leave the 'authorization' intent unqualified the deployer is free 
to use any style of authorization he wants including fineGrain.
-- 
All the best, Ashok


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