====== Permission ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Permission is a rule allowing a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:party|Party]] to perform a specified action or be in a specified state.

A Permission may arise from an [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:agreement|Agreement]], law, regulation, policy, authority, license, or another applicable source.

A Permission may be subject to one or more [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:condition|Conditions]]. The Permission applies only when its applicable Conditions are satisfied.

===== Definition =====

>//rule allowing a party to perform a specified action or be in a specified state under stated conditions//

===== Source =====

Adapted from:

  * [[https://www.w3.org/TR/odrl-vocab/#term-Permission|W3C ODRL Vocabulary and Expression 2.2, Permission]]
  * [[https://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-ws-gloss-20040211/#permission|W3C Web Services Glossary, Permission]]

===== Note =====

  * A Permission identifies allowed conduct rather than conduct that has occurred
  * A Permission may identify the Party receiving the Permission
  * A Permission may identify the Party or authority granting the Permission
  * A Permission may identify the permitted action, subject, object, scope, Conditions, and Effective Period
  * A Permission may be conditional, limited, delegated, transferred, suspended, revoked, terminated, or expired
  * A Permission is distinct from a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:right|Right]] because a Right establishes an entitlement while a Permission allows specified conduct
  * A Permission is distinct from a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:prohibition|Prohibition]] because a Prohibition forbids specified conduct
  * A Permission does not require the permitted Party to perform the permitted action
  * Absence of a recorded Prohibition does not establish a Permission
  * Recording a Permission does not, by itself, determine that the Permission exists or is legally enforceable

===== Example =====

An Agreement permits a Party to disclose otherwise confidential information to a regulator when applicable law requires the disclosure.

The Permission identifies the Party, permitted disclosure, recipient, applicable Conditions, and period during which the Permission applies.

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