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Policy Glossary
Next, we discuss the terms that need to be understood to create Policies within the Guardian framework:
Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
Block | Either a Policy Workflow or a Policy Action | MRVDataVerification (Policy Workflow) |
children | Defines a list of Blocks that are grouped into a Policy Workflow | List of Blocks |
defaultActive | Determines if Policy Workflow or a Policy Action can be executed | true |
permissions | Security Policy associated with a specific role | STANDARD_REGISTRY |
blockType | Specifies the type of Policy Workflow or Policy Action | interfaceContainerBlock (policy workflow name) |
uiMetaData | Specifies the data of the policy workflow and/or Policy Action to be displayed | type: header___ fields:___________ name: document.issuer title: Owner_____ type: text |
tag | Specifies the ID of a policy action which can be referenced in other blocks as a dependency | Request |
schema | Defines the data schema for a block | Installer or MRV |
dataType | Specifies the Type of data used in the Block | source |
dependencies | Specifies which blocks tag or state transition rules stateMutation | See tag for referencing other Policy actions and stateMutation is a specific example of the name of a state transition rule |
roles | Available roles from which the user can choose. | Auditor |
cyclic | Go back one step to enable the creation of the previous object. | true |
stop propagation | End processing here, don't pass control to the next block. | true |
entityType | Gives the document a label in the DB. Needed for filtering. | Installer |
forceNewDocument | Adds new Document | true |
options | List of attributes, which is added to the VC when it is being persistent. Can be used for more flexible filtration. | "name": "status" "value": "Minted", |
documentType | Type of Document | VC/VP/DID |
topic | Specifies Topic Name | topic |
actor | Specifies a person, who will be next Owner | Owner/Policy Owner |
issuer | Specifies a person, who will be Signer | owner / Policy Owner |
onlyOwnDocuments | Specifies whether a block applies to only those documents owned by the role specified in permissions | true or false |
ViewHistory | Specifies documents in the Grid with status timeline | true or false |
on errors | Specifies if the error has occurred in the Block | Retry/Go to step/Go to tag |
onlyAssignDocuments | Specifies which VC should be assigned to the user | true or false |
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