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Subject: Re: Diagramming trust - another take
I actually had the previous definition in mind but ran out of cleanup and harmonizing time :-) Goal: A measurable state of the ecosystem that an actor is trying to establish. Such states can be private or shared but for interactions among actors the states of interest are those that are shared and thus result in real world effects. My line of thought jumped to real world effects because it is a key component of what we defined in the RM and goals, as with policies later, needs a way to evaluate success/compliance. Ken On Apr 6, 2009, at 2:38 AM, Francis McCabe wrote: > A goal is not so easily identified with real world effects. Goals > are predicates, and the way it was originally defined aligned better > with predicates. > > On Apr 5, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Ken Laskey wrote: > >>> >> >> After another long talk with Dave Ellis, I am again inspired to try >> to express some ideas, and this time I come with definitions and >> diagrams. >> >> Goal: a desired set of real world effects >> >> Goal may be that the real world effects are realized, avoided, or >> some combination. >> >> Constraint: a specified set of real world effects that an actor is >> (1) limited from pursuing or being responsible for indirectly >> causing, or >> (2) responsible for pursuing > > This is too specific a definition for such a general term. If we end > up defining this concept it should be with a qualified name. > >> >> Ownership Boundary: the extent of an identifiable set of actors >> sharing a common set of goals and constraints, and other common >> entities through which the goals and constraints can be expressed. > > This seems to be unrelated to ownership. An ownership boundary is > very simply the boundary of the entity that may be said to own > something. It may be a single individual or a corporation. Has > nothing to do with goals. > > >> >> A given actor may reside within one or more ownership boundaries. >> There may be agreed upon protocols for interactions that cross >> ownership boundaries or an actor crossing an ownership boundary may >> independently need to resolve any mismatches. >> >> Reputation: a property of a given actor assigned by other actors >> based on the accumulated experience experience of the other actors >> on the extent to which real world effects resulting from >> interaction with the given actor are assessed as desirable, >> neutral, or undesirable. >> > > I would prefer something like: > > A social fact that expresses the collective trust of a group of > actors in another actor. > > >> Other definitions are needed but I was concentrating on the >> diagrams that follow. >> >> <Class_Diagram__Ownership_boundary.jpg> >> >> An Actor has goals and constraints based on the Ownership Boundary >> in which it resides. This Actor can be influenced or constrained >> by other actors who have their own goals and constraints, where the >> actors providing influence or constraints may be peers, >> subordinates, or superiors. The influencing actor is often a >> superior. >> >> <Class_Diagram__Goal_&_Constraint.jpg> >> >> <Class_Diagram__Reputation.jpg> >> >> A later diagram also includes evidence, and these will need to be >> merged or made consistent. >> >> <Class_Diagram__Trusting_&_Trusted.jpg> >> >> Note when there is no direct interaction, the Trusted Actor knows >> nothing of the Trusting Actor and acts strictly in concert with its >> goals. The Trusting Actor has an interest in some possibly >> resulting real world effects but no interaction with the Trusted >> Actor. >> >> <Class_Diagram__Trust_and_Risk.jpg> >> >> The following sequence diagrams are rough but demonstrate how the >> relationships should in the class diagrams are realized. >> < >> Sequence_Diagram__Trust_w__interaction__Trust_w__interaction__Trust_w__interaction >> .jpg> >> >> < >> Sequence_Diagram__Trust_w_o_interaction__Trust_w_o_interaction__Trust_w_o_interaction >> .jpg> >> >> message 6 should have been deleted >> < >> Sequence_Diagram__Trust_ >> &_Risk_w__interaction__Trust_ >> &_Risk_w__interaction__Trust_&_Risk_w__interaction.jpg> >> >> < >> Sequence_Diagram__Trust_w_o_interaction__Trust_ >> &_Risk_w_o_interaction__Trust_&_Risk_w_o_interaction.jpg> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Ken Laskey >> MITRE Corporation, M/S H305 phone: 703-983-7934 >> 7515 Colshire Drive fax: 703-983-1379 >> McLean VA 22102-7508 >> >> >> >> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Laskey MITRE Corporation, M/S H305 phone: 703-983-7934 7515 Colshire Drive fax: 703-983-1379 McLean VA 22102-7508
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