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Identity & Access Control

Let users and organizations authenticate, manage identities, and enforce permissions.

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Roles & Permissions

These entities determine what an authenticated actor is allowed to do.

Entities

Role: A named collection of permissions.
Permission: The right to perform an action on a type of resource.
Role Assignment: The grant of a role to an actor, within a defined scope.
Policy: A rule that allows or denies access based on attributes and context.
Resource: An object in the application that access is controlled on.
Relationship: A recorded connection between an actor and a resource, such as owner or viewer.

Model

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  ROLE }o--o{ PERMISSION : grants
  ROLE ||--o{ ROLE_ASSIGNMENT : assigned_by
  MEMBERSHIP ||--o{ ROLE_ASSIGNMENT : receives
  RESOURCE ||--o{ RELATIONSHIP : connected_by
  POLICY }o--o{ RESOURCE : governs

Key Rules

Code checks permissions, not roles. Roles can then change without changing the application.
Assignments have a scope. A role applies to an organization, a team, or a single resource, and never beyond it.
Access is denied by default. An actor can do only what a role, relationship, or policy explicitly allows.

Implementation

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