http://www.mobr.ai/ontologies/ponto#Authority
A generic term for the role in a blockchain that can participate in the consensus mechanisms. In GRANDPA, the authorities vote on chains they consider final. In BABE, the authorities are block producers. Authority sets can be chosen to be mechanisms such as Polkadot's NPoS algorithm.
Instances of ponto:Authority can have the following properties:
| PROPERTY | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | RANGE |
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@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix ponto: <http://www.mobr.ai/ontologies/ponto#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
ponto:Authority a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Authority" ;
rdfs:comment "A generic term for the role in a blockchain that can participate in the consensus mechanisms. In GRANDPA, the authorities vote on chains they consider final. In BABE, the authorities are block producers. Authority sets can be chosen to be mechanisms such as Polkadot's NPoS algorithm." ;
rdfs:subClassOf ponto:Component .