Removed fine-grained access control
authorAshok Malhotra <Ashok.Malhotra@Oracle.com>
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 14:40:24 -0400
changeset 732 a32baf2e10a8
parent 731 80eceaffcba5
child 733 cdcd4e3b2b39
Removed fine-grained access control
AccessControl.html
--- a/AccessControl.html	Mon Jul 28 14:29:21 2014 -0400
+++ b/AccessControl.html	Mon Jul 28 14:40:24 2014 -0400
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <head>
     <title>LDP Access Control</title>
     <meta charset='utf-8'>
-    <script src='https://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c-common'
+    <script src='http://www.w3.org/Tools/respec/respec-w3c-common'
             async class='remove'></script>
     <script class='remove'>
       var respecConfig = {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 		<section>
 	  <h2>Terminology</h2>
 	  <ul>
-	  <li>ACG: An Access Control Graph describes the permitted modes of access for particular agents to specific resources.</li>
+	  <li>ACG: An Access Control Graph describes the permitted modes of access for particular agents to apecific resources.</li>
 	  <li>ACG Resource: A resource whose representation contains one or more ACGs which the server relies 
 	  upon to make access control decisions.</li>
 	  </ul>
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@
     <li>To CREATE, READ, UPDATE (or PATCH), or DELETE a resource identified by a URL.  The server may immediately 
 	allow or deny the request, or it may request that he authenticate to confirm his privileges, 
 	as specified by the ACG for the Resource.</li>
-    <li>To UPDATE, CREATE or DELETE an attribute of the resource identified by the URL. The server allows or denies 
-	the request as specified the by the ACG for the resource and attribute and whether fine-grained access control 
-	is supported.</li>
     <li>If he is denied access, an explanation of why all or part of his request was denied should be provided 
 	so that it becomes possible to detect errors, and so that he may modify the request -- 
 	potentially to include making a request for such privileges.
@@ -136,11 +133,9 @@
 	<h3>Editability of Access Control Rules using HTTP</h3>
 	<ol>
 	<li>
-    Bart's user agent logs on to a server and requests:
-	<ol>
-        <li>The ability to read a group of related resources such as all the papers presented at a conference.</li>
-        <li>The ability to update an attribute of related resources, for example, to add a copyright notice to each resource.
-    	</ol></li>
+    Bart's user agent logs on to a server and requests
+	the capability to read a group of related resources such as all the papers presented at a conference.</li>
+    </li>
 	<li>Employees with job titles VP or SVP can sign (update) supplier contracts.</li>
     <li>Charlie, the Webmaster, would like to grant read access to the papers presented at a conference to all the 
 	people who attended the conference.</li>
@@ -181,7 +176,7 @@
 	( All use cases )</li>
 	</ul>
 	
-	<p>The above requirements require the ability, by an authorized agent, to CREATE, EDIT, UPDATE relevant ACGs.</p>
+	<p>The above requirements require the ability, by an authorized agent, to CREATE, EDIT, UPDATE relevant ACGs. 
 
 	<ul>
 	<li>Ability to specify access privileges at a fine-grained level. (Usecase 3.1.2, 3.2.1.2)</li>
@@ -190,8 +185,7 @@
 	(Usecase 3.1.3)
 	</li>
     <li>A user-agent should be able to find the ACG for a given resource.(Usecase 3.1.1)</li>
-	<li>The ability by one user agent to delegate the authority to create and edit ACGs to another agent. ( Usecase 3.3.3 )
-	</li>
+	<li>The ability by one user agent to delegate the authority to create and edit ACGs to another agent.(Usecase 3.3.3)</li>
 	</ul>
 	</section>
 	<section>