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Have you ever worked on software where the access rules are based not only on the user’s role but also on the specific entity that role was granted on (i.e. Scoped Roles), something like "Project Manager can add users to HIS PROJECT ONLY", "Store Agent can access Store Information for HIS STORE ONLY",  or "Document Owner can modify HIS DOCUMENTS"?

Or, where the access rules are based on context, where the access happens, like time, user-network, or channel (like web-site, mobile-app, some-internal-system, etc.). For example "This resource can be accessed only DURING OFFICE HOURS or ONLY FROM OFFICE NETWORK"?

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