Definition · safety governance
delegated authorization
delegated authorization is the term for Permission granted to an agent to act for someone else within a stated scope and time. You can spot delegated authorization in practice when the record shows what the system observes, what choice it makes, and what changes next, without asking the reader to guess or trust a slogan.
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Why does delegated authorization matter?
A delegate should get only the rights needed for one job. The grant should name its scope, time limit, and source. For delegated authorization, start with three checks: What is the agent allowed to do? Where does a person approve or interrupt it? What record remains after the run? The answers should point to visible evidence, not a promise.
What does delegated authorization look like?
A user lets a travel agent book one approved flight up to a set price this week. This example makes delegated authorization visible by naming the actor, the action, and the result in practice. It is an illustration for readers, not a claim that every product behaves this way.
What is delegated authorization easy to confuse with?
Delegated authorization passes limited rights to another actor. Impersonation falsely claims another actor's identity. The closest entries here are capability security, guardrail, agent safety. Compare their definitions with delegated authorization before using the names as if they mean the same thing. That comparison keeps delegated authorization separate from nearby ideas without pretending the boundary is always perfect.
How certain is this definition?
This definition is provisional. ACL Anthology supports the version you see today, but a better or more direct source may change it. Open the cited page and check its date before you use this entry to choose a product, write a policy, set a safety control, or design a system.
Who introduced the term delegated authorization?
We have not verified who first introduced delegated authorization. The source supports a useful definition, but it may not be the earliest use. Until a dated primary record settles the question, we leave the origin open. A popular article or product page is not enough to name the person who coined a term.
What should you understand before delegated authorization?
Read agent governance first when delegated authorization depends on a more basic idea or mechanism. The link gives you a useful route through the glossary. It does not mean every author teaches the subject in this order, so follow the source when the sequence matters.
What should this term help you answer?
Use delegated authorization to ask what an agent can observe, decide, change, remember, or hand off. The questions below turn the definition into a practical check. They are prompts for your own work, not claims made by the source, so change them to fit the system you are examining.
- What is the agent allowed to do?
- Where does a person approve or interrupt it?
- What record remains after the run?
Which source supports this definition of delegated authorization?
ACL Anthology supports this working definition of delegated authorization. We checked the link on 2026-07-12. Open the original record for its context, methods, limits, and publication details. The short explanation here is a guide to delegated authorization; the linked source remains the evidence to inspect when the wording or boundary matters.
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