polizy-schema

You can design an authorization schema by mapping relations, actions, and propagation rules to a coherent access model. This approach supports direct, group, and hierarchy relationships to enforce fine-grained access control using type-safe definitions.

Mapping actions to relations for type-safe access control involves defining your schema with explicit relation types and clear action mappings. This ensures safe hierarchy propagation and maintains fine-grained authorization rules across your application.

You can evolve an authorization schema without breaking existing tuples by following safe upgrade practices. This involves carefully structuring hierarchy propagation and relation definitions to ensure backward compatibility during schema modifications.

Configurable hierarchy propagation is needed when your access model requires inheritance of permissions across nested group or hierarchical relationships. It ensures that actions mapped to relations propagate safely through direct and indirect user connections.

Yes, a single schema can support direct, group, and hierarchy relationships simultaneously. By defining these relation types alongside configurable propagation rules, you enforce scalable and maintainable fine-grained access control.

Static schemas for fine-grained access control can limit flexibility when handling complex hierarchy propagation or evolving relation types. Without configurable propagation rules, maintaining safe upgrades and mapping actions to relations becomes difficult as the application scales.