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credential
The object credential, and every primitive it appears in. This page is a query, not a definition.
A node carries no inherent meaning. What
credential 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 4 of 23 primitives here. That, and not the sentence above, is what it means. The discipline this follows.The 4 primitives with this object
| Primitive | Published gloss | Spelled out | Undo | In how many shapes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
authenticate-as.credential.signing | Sign commits with the key it holds | authenticate-as.credential.tenant | no | 3 of 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
acted_on_by | credential is the object class of these 4 primitives | 4 capabilities |
acts_on | the inverse, walked the other way, with different fan out | one capability at a time |