Permission

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A Permission is a rule allowing a Party to perform a specified action or be in a specified state.

A Permission may arise from an Agreement, law, regulation, policy, authority, license, or another applicable source.

A Permission may be subject to one or more Conditions. The Permission applies only when its applicable Conditions are satisfied.

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

Adapted from:

• W3C ODRL Vocabulary and Expression 2.2, Permission
• W3C Web Services Glossary, Permission

• 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 Right because a Right establishes an entitlement while a Permission allows specified conduct
• A Permission is distinct from a 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

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.