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====== Baseline Approval ======

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===== Discussion =====

Baseline Approval is an authorization decision that designates an identified [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline|Baseline]] Revision as an approved reference for a defined purpose and scope.

Baseline Approval may identify:

  * The approved Baseline
  * The approved Baseline Revision
  * The approving authority
  * The approval decision
  * The approval date
  * The applicable purpose
  * The applicable scope
  * The effective period
  * Applicable conditions
  * Superseded Baseline Revisions

Baseline Approval differs from Baseline creation:

  * Baseline creation produces or records a candidate Baseline
  * Baseline Approval authorizes an identified Baseline Revision for a defined use

Baseline Approval also differs from [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline_selection|Baseline Selection]]:

  * Baseline Approval establishes that a Baseline Revision may serve as an approved reference
  * Baseline Selection chooses an applicable Baseline Revision for a particular subject, activity, or context

===== Definition =====

//authorization decision designating an identified baseline revision as an approved reference for a defined purpose and scope//

===== Source =====

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

===== Note =====

Baseline Approval does not establish that every subject evaluated against the Baseline conforms to it.

Approval may apply to:

  * A single use
  * A defined class of subjects
  * A specified environment
  * A delivery phase
  * An operational period
  * An organization or administrative domain

A change to approved Baseline content should produce a new Revision subject to the applicable approval process.

===== Example =====

An authorized governance body approves Revision 4 of a Security Baseline for use when building production Machine Images during a defined release period.

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