Document User Types

Three types of users can interact with documents:

• Contributors: Users who actually introduce new or revised documents within the document vault.

• Coordinators: Users who maintain and manage the coordination of documents within the system.

• Consumers: Users who require access to various documents.

The typical roles of each of these user types include:

• Document contributor role: The document contributor adds new documents or versions of existing documents to the Documentum Docbase, using Documentum client or web-based applications such as WorkSpace or RightSite.

• Document coordinator role: The document coordinator administers the document vault coordination required with the Documentum EDMS.

  This includes organization of documents in cabinets and folders as well as defining security. You can't manage this function by using the PeopleSoft system.

• Document consumer role: The document consumer accesses various documents from within PeopleSoft pages and Documentum applications.

  Consumers are end users who need to query, access, and use documents. Using PeopleSoft pages, consumers also manage PeopleSoft document associations with Documentum. By associating documents with PeopleSoft pages, the consumer creates a dynamic link between PeopleSoft pages and documents within the vault.