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Contents 1 Publishing Use Cases 1.1 Moving systems of scripted objects from local development to the Grid 1.2 Replacing existing scripted objects with new versions 1.3 Security mechanisms such as fine grained permissions and digital signatures so owners can avoid trojan objects

Publishing Use Cases

This is currently a stub for at least the following kinds of use cases.

Moving systems of scripted objects from local development to the Grid

Replacing existing scripted objects with new versions

Security mechanisms such as fine grained permissions and digital signatures so owners can avoid trojan objects