The purpose of authorization is to determine whether a user or group has the necessary privileges to access a resource.
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To learn about how authorization works in the Liberty profile, see Liberty profile: Authorization.
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- Configuring authorization for applications on the Liberty profile
Configuring authorization for your application is to verify whether a user or group belongs to a specified role, and whether this role has the privilege to access a resource. 
OAuth
OAuth is an open standard for delegated authorization. With the OAuth authorization framework, a user can grant a third-party application access to their information stored with another HTTP service without sharing their access permissions or the full extent of their data.
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