Delegation¶
Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by itself or by another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent it acts on behalf of retains some responsibility for the outcome of the delegated work.
For example, a student acted on behalf of his supervisor, who acted on behalf of the department chair, who acted on behalf of the university; all those agents are responsible in some way for the activity that took place but we do not say explicitly who bears responsibility and to what degree.
Diagram¶
Formalization for Delegation¶
| Property | Constraint |
|---|---|
| subClassOf | AgentInfluence |
Other annotations¶
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| category | qualified |
| component | agents-responsibility |
| definition | Delegation is the assignment of authority and responsibility to an agent (by itself or by another agent) to carry out a specific activity as a delegate or representative, while the agent it acts on behalf of retains some responsibility for the outcome of the delegated work. |
For example, a student acted on behalf of his supervisor, who acted on behalf of the department chair, who acted on behalf of the university; all those agents are responsible in some way for the activity that took place but we do not say explicitly who bears responsibility and to what degree. | | dm | http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-dm-20130430/#term-delegation | | n | http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-n-20130430/#expression-delegation |