has specified output has_specified_output deontic declaration act of permitting A social act in which an agent bearing a deontic power role and realizes that role in the creation of a permission role. Axiom: Every ‘Act of permitting’ has process part some (‘Speech Act’ or ‘Document Act’). Note: This class is very general, and doesn’t only apply to consent and healthcare contexts. In contrast to the 'authentication' (see OMRSE), an act of permitting always involves a flow of power, in which one who grants permission has a power, and the agent to whom permission is granted gains access to a power that flows from that of the granter. By contrast, although it may be the case that a person who authenticates has power, this power is only the power to authenticate or verify, and this power does not flow to the authenticated document or identity. J. Neil Otte Note: ‘Act of permitting’, ‘act of consenting’, and ‘act of communicating assent’ are all success terms, which is to say that no ‘act of permitting’ does not issue a permission, no ‘act of consenting’ does not issue a consent, and no ‘act of communicating assent’ does not issue an assent. permission role