OpenWGA 7.10 - OpenWGA Concepts and Features

For the sake of completeness the "other data" section should also mention the access control list, available for OpenWGA content stores for relational database platforms. This list of simple ACL entries contains the authorisation settings for the database. They are not treated as documents by the content store but are nevertheless part of the content store data.

An ACL entry features the following data fields:

• name (String): A unique name of the entry identifying the user, group or role treated here
• type (Integer): The type of entry determining the way it is interpreted. Two types exist:
• 1 - Specifies a user or group, identified by field "name", and its access settings
• 2 - Defines a role of the name stored in field "name"
• level (Integer): Only valid for type 1: The access level of the user or group on the content store
• flags (String): General-purpose flags for the entry, determining access privileges, role attribution etc.

The functionality around the ACL is documented in the chapter Application level authorisations of the Authorisation part of this guide.