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       ![](/assets/2024/authn_vs_authz.jpeg)

     

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       Rather than ACL's permissions, a capabilities model talks about what Authority an agent has, granting them certain abilities.

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       Work to bring an authorization model to [[Automerge]]. [[Brooklyn Zelenka]] is guiding the group working on this.

     

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       Early draft explanation of Authomerge, including some sample JSON, and the UCAN predicate language.

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       github: https://github.com/automerge

     

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       link: https://automerge.org/

     

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       Automerge is a library of data structures for building collaborative applications.

     

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       Research work incubated by [[Ink & Switch]]

     

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       ## Automatic Merging

     

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       Automerge is a Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type ([[CRDT]]), which allows concurrent changes on different devices to be merged automatically without requiring any central server.

     

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       ## Network-agnostic

     

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       Use any connection-oriented network protocol: client-server, peer-to-peer, or local. Or use unidirectional messaging: send an Automerge file as an email attachment or store it on a file server.

     

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       ## Portable

     

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       Implemented in [JavaScript](https://github.com/automerge/automerge) and [Rust](https://github.com/automerge/automerge-rs), with FFI bindings across platforms including iOS, Electron, Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, and more.

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       ## Interest in Capabilities

     

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       There are currently three communities that are interested / active in capabilities: [[LoFi|Local First]], Crypto/Blockchain, and Capabilities enthusiasts.

     

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       E-rights language leads to strict [[Object-capability model]] that Agoric and Spritely are digging into. [[SPKI]] / SDSI / X.509 are [[Certificate capabilities]], which is [[UCAN]] and friends. [[Authomerge]] is a little bit of both.

     

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       > **Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider** (March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as **J. C. R.** or "**Lick**", was an American [psychologist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologist "Psychologist") and [computer scientist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_scientist "Computer scientist") who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in [computer science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_science "History of computer science") development and general [computing history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware "History of computing hardware").

     

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