[OGSA-AUTHZ] Your comments on Func Components

[Tom Scavo]

On 11/28/07, David Chadwick <d.w.chadwick at kent.ac.uk> wrote:
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> iii) I have added a definition of attribute "Attribute is a property of
> an entity". Nice and simple, and all encompassing :-)

I think this defines what might be called "metadata."  Recently, we
defined "attribute" as follows:

An attribute is information asserted in a secure manner by a trusted
source, used for access control.

I think the key is "used for access control."  This is what
distinguishes attributes from other kinds of data.

Tom