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Requester

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

subject

Definition(s):

  The entity (person or organization) that wishes to make use of a provider’s Web service. It will use a requester agent to exchange messages with the provider’s provider agent. “Requester” is also used as a shorthand to refer to the requester agent acting on the requester’s behalf.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-95 from Web Services Architecture - W3C Working Group Note 11 February 2004

  Generally an individual, process, or device causing information to flow among objects or change to the system state. See object.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 under subject

  An individual, process, or device that causes information to flow among objects or change to the system state. Also see object.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under subject
NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 under subject

  The entity requesting to perform an operation upon the object.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-162 under subject