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identity
credentials and who the agent can act as
A node carries no inherent meaning. What
identity means here emerges from the edges traceable from it, and confidence in that meaning is proportional to how richly it is connected. It is connected to 3 of 23 primitives here. That, and not the sentence above, is what it means. The discipline this follows.The 3 primitives with this family
| Primitive | Published gloss | Spelled out | Undo | In how many shapes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
authenticate-as.credential.tenant | Act in accounts with the credentials it holds | authenticate-as.credential.tenant | no | 7 of 9 |
grant.credential.self | Change its own permission settings | grant.credential.self | yes | 3 of 9 |
read.credential.host | Read credentials stored where it runs | read.credential.host | no | 4 of 9 |
How this node connects
| Edge | Reads as | To |
|---|---|---|
family_of | identity is the family of these 3 primitives | 3 capabilities |
in_family | the inverse, walked the other way, with different fan out | one capability at a time |