Concept · dictionary entry

Authority Boundary

The declared limit of what an entity is entitled to conclude.

Definition

The declared limit of the conclusions an entity is entitled to draw. Authority boundaries are stated in advance and are enforceable as invariants — a transformation that carries a conclusion across an authority boundary is blocked and the block is recorded.

Formal reference

Sovereign Web4 Federation: Architecture, Governance and Interoperability for Machine-Comprehending Nodes — §5

Related concepts

• sovereign reasoning
• invariant
• assurance boundary

Demonstrations

• Chamber scenario scenario-3

Limitations

• A declared boundary may be too permissive or too restrictive; the declaration is inspectable
• A boundary does not prevent error inside its scope