Actor

An actor element represents a user who has performed an action on a resource. The relationship between the actor and its containing element is given by the @rel property.

Actor Rel Values

The @rel property of an actor describes the relationship between the actor and its containing element.

Rel value	Description
owner	This actor is the user who originally created the resource or who is now the owner of the resource. Owners have full privileges over resources, even if an access control entry would otherwise deny them access
updated-by	This actor is the user who last updated the resource
manager	This actor is a manager of the resource
member	This actor is a member of the resource
assignee	Specifically used for a DocumentApprovals resource, this actor has been requested to approve a Document resource

Link Rel Values

Actors contain a set of links for related resources. The following @rel values are in use on actor resources.

| Rel value | Description| |:--------------|:| | self | A URI that uniquely identifies the user. This link references a GETable resource with more information about the user. | | avatar | A reference to a profile image for the user. This link should include a @type attribute with the media-type of the referenced image. | | alternate | A reference to a web page containing more information about the user. |

Example

<actor rel="owner" name="Isidore McHohenheim" email="[email protected]">
    <link rel="self" href="..." />
    <link rel="avatar" href="..." type="image/jpg" />
    <link rel="alternate" href="..." type="text/html" />
    <identity email="[email protected]" />
</actor>

Properties

Name	Description
@name	The full name of the user
@email	The email address of the user
@rel	A uri enumeration describing the relationship between this actor and its containing resource

Schema

start = actor

actor = element actor { 

	attribute name { xsd:string },
	attribute rel { xsd:string },

	link +
}