This document defines a small catalog of delegation patterns so different trust systems can be compared without treating every delegation flow as bespoke folklore.
Delegation is where many trust systems become ambiguous. The important question is not only whether a delegation exists. It is whether the delegation has a clear origin, bounded scope, a verification expectation, and a revocation path.
model/delegation-patterns.yamlschemas/tsmm-delegation-patterns.schema.jsonThe catalog is designed to support comparison work, profile design, and binding review. It is not a protocol. It is a way to make authority transfer legible enough to test.