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| − | Your [[user account]] in ICA-AtoM is tied to one of five [[User role|user roles]], each representing a different level of access to the system. | + | Your [[user account]] in ICA-AtoM is tied to one of five [[User role|user roles]], each representing a different level of access to the system. [[Administrator|administrators]] can add and modify [[user role|user roles]]: see [[UM-7.2#Add_and_edit_groups|UM-7.2 Set up and manage user accounts: Add and edit groups]]. |
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User roles
Main Page > User manual > UM-2 Getting started > UM-2.3 User roles
Your user account in ICA-AtoM is tied to one of five user roles, each representing a different level of access to the system. administrators can add and modify user roles: see UM-7.2 Set up and manage user accounts: Add and edit groups.
Researcher
- Does not require a user name or password.
- Has view-only access to the application.
- Can search and browse descriptions (archival descriptions, authority records, archival institutions).
- Is the default role whenever a user accesses the application without logging in.
Contributor
- Is a registered user with a unique user name or password.
- Can search, browse, create and edit descriptions.
Editor
- Is a registered user with a unique user name or password.
- Can search, browse, create and edit descriptions.
- Can delete records.
- Can edit controlled vocabulary terms.
Translator
- Is a registered user with a unique user name or password.
- Can search and browse descriptions.
- May or may not be able to create, edit and delete records.
- Can translate user interface elements and database content.
Administrator
- Is a registered user with a unique user name or password.
- Has full access to the system to create, read, update or delete any record in the system.
- Can customize application to institution-specific requirements.
- Manages user accounts and profiles.