Glossary
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.. glossary::

  document
    A container for an arbitrary number of document versions

  version
    A single version of a :term:`document` actually containing the file which
    was uploaded by a user.

  folder
    A container for documents and folders

  home folder
    A folder which is assigned to a user. The only purpose of a home folder is to
    redirect the browser to this folder after login

  role
    A type of user associated with access rights.
    Till SeedDMS 5.1.x a role was one of 'guest', 'user', or 'admin'. Since SeedDMS
    6.0.x the number of roles is unlimited but each role has a type which is
    again 'guest', 'user', or 'admin'

  task
    A certain operation which is executed frequently by the task scheduler.

  notification
    A message being send to users when certain operations are executed.
    Notification are usually send by mail but other transport mechanisms can
    be added.