Terminology Issues: What Should We Say, Rights and/or Permissions?
Abstract
Introduction: In most literature, including textbooks, the terms “rights” and “permissions” are usually identified. Both these terms are used for describing access control methods and specific rules about the access to data resources in informational systems. Authors often do not see any difference between “rights” and “permissions”. As a result, the meaning can be seriously distorted. Purpose: In this paper, we analize the ideas behind "rights" and "permissions", defining the areas of correct usage of these terms. Results: The analysis of etymology of these terms, their true meaning and the ways of their realization in information systems showed that the term "rights" is directly associated with the idea of autorization and should be used to designate the user's authority, while "permissions" should be used to describe the actions which can or cannot be performed over specific information objects. Practical relevance: The correct usage of the terms “rights” and “permissions” will increase the cultural level of information system specialists. Moreover, it will lead to clearer mutual understanding during the communication on informational system issues.Published
2016-02-22
How to Cite
Gordeyev, A. (2016). Terminology Issues: What Should We Say, Rights and/or Permissions?. Information and Control Systems, (1), 110-113. https://doi.org/10.15217/issn1684-8853.2016.1.110
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Brief scientific reports