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title: "User terminology and general roles & permissions"
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updated: 2022-11-12T11:25:17Z
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# User terminology and general roles & permissions

This article applies to BOOST EMPOWER licenses

## Purpose of the article

This article details the terminology used within Cooperlink to distinguish between different types of users.

## User types

| **Denomination** | **Type** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **User (internal)** | Person | The user defines an **internal collaborator** who is assigned a Cooperlink DELIVER and/or BOOST license. A user is automatically connected to the company's tools through the connectors. |
| **Group** | Person | The group brings together **several users**. It assigns them a level of permission common to the whole. It is also used to simplify the addition of a group of people in projects (e.g. pole, department, ...). |
| **Partner** | Enterprise | Partner defines a **partner company** with a Cooperlink GUEST (free), EMPOWER or BOOST license For more information, see [Collaboration schemes and use cases](/v2/docs/en/collaboration-schemes-and-use-cases) |
| **Contact** | Person | The contact defines the **employee of a partner company**. It is the contact that will be the subject of an invitation within a workspace. |
| **Business card** | Person or Company | The business card **defines the contact details of a professional relationship**. Contrarily to a contact, the business card cannot be invited in Cooperlink. It can, however, be used to create a new contact or partner. |
| **System User** | Technical | The system user is used by the connectors for all **automatic operations**. This user is not accessible and is transparent to end users. |

## General roles and permissions for users (internal)

There are 3 types of (internal) users:

| **User Type** | **Applies to** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Basic user | User, Group | Basic users have access to the app and spaces based on an invitation |
| Project Manager | User, Group | Project managers have the same rights as a basic user + the ability to create new spaces |
| Site administrator | User, Group | The site administrator has full access to the application configuration |

To assign a user the role of manager and administrator, it is necessary to add this user in two groups with different rights.