🎓Policy Glossary

Next, we discuss the terms that need to be understood to create Policies within the Guardian framework:

Term	Definition	Example
Block	Either a Policy Workflow or a Policy Action	MRVDataVerification (Policy Workflow)
children	Defines a list of Blocks that are grouped into a Policy Workflow	List of Blocks
defaultActive	Determines if Policy Workflow or a Policy Action can be executed	true
permissions	Security Policy associated with a specific role	STANDARD_REGISTRY
blockType	Specifies the type of Policy Workflow or Policy Action	interfaceContainerBlock (policy workflow name)
uiMetaData	Specifies the data of the policy workflow and/or Policy Action to be displayed	type: header___ fields:___________ name: document.issuer title: Owner_____ type: text
tag	Specifies the ID of a policy action which can be referenced in other blocks as a dependency	Request
schema	Defines the data schema for a block	Installer or MRV
dataType	Specifies the Type of data used in the Block	source
dependencies	Specifies which blocks tag or state transition rules stateMutation	See tag for referencing other Policy actions and stateMutation is a specific example of the name of a state transition rule
roles	Available roles from which the user can choose.	Auditor
cyclic	Go back one step to enable the creation of the previous object.	true
stop propagation	End processing here, don't pass control to the next block.	true
entityType	Gives the document a label in the DB. Needed for filtering.	Installer
forceNewDocument	Adds new Document	true
options	List of attributes, which is added to the VC when it is being persistent. Can be used for more flexible filtration.	"name": "status" "value": "Minted",
documentType	Type of Document	VC/VP/DID
topic	Specifies Topic Name	topic
actor	Specifies a person, who will be next Owner	Owner/Policy Owner
issuer	Specifies a person, who will be Signer	owner / Policy Owner
onlyOwnDocuments	Specifies whether a block applies to only those documents owned by the role specified in permissions	true or false
ViewHistory	Specifies documents in the Grid with status timeline	true or false
on errors	Specifies if the error has occurred in the Block	Retry/Go to step/Go to tag
onlyAssignDocuments	Specifies which VC should be assigned to the user	true or false