User Roles

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content of the assigned terminology.

Secondary Terminology Steward can edit and create new terminology records for the assigned terminology. All changes must be approved by the Primary Terminology Steward before they are made final. Requests to archive term records must be made to the Primary Terminology Steward.

This role develops and maintains vocabularies.

Terminology editors can create and edit term records. Approval by secondary and primary terminology stewards is required prior to the terminologies or term records going final.

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content of assigned component records and can request deletions of assigned component records.

Secondary Component Steward can edit (including delete) a component record; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new component records.

The Secondary Data Standard Steward assists the Primary Data Standards Steward in maintaining the accuracy of data standards and standardized code sets within the data standards, reviewing and updating of standards, and assisting users with questions concerning implementation.

The Secondary Data Standard Steward assists the Primary Data Standard Steward in requesting the Data Standards Branch (DSB) to make minor changes, or asking DSB to convene an action team to review a standard and suggest major changes to be approved through the review and comment process.

This role allows the designated IMO staff the ability to manage content for designated registry information for records that fall under the jurisdiction of their particular EPA AAship or Region. The IMO Rep also is sent notifications relating to the registry records that are proposed for, or exist in, their EPA AAship.

Information Management Officer Representative can edit (including delete) any information resource record in READ and possibly other registries within their AAship or Region; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new information resource records. If designated by IMO, IMO Rep also is notified of edits or deletion requests by Primary Info Resource Stewards to certain fields in READ records.

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content of assigned code set records and can request deletions of assigned code set records. This role is assigned to Secondary Data Standards Stewards if their standard has an associated code set(s) to allow them to manage that code set within the standard.

Secondary Code Set Steward can edit (including delete) a code set record; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new code set records.

This role is the highest level of access and allows performing all administrative functions such as maintaining user roles within a registry; approving, rejecting, and deleting data; and maintaining reference data.

System Administrator has edit access to all records in the registry; System Administrator also may have ability to modify pick lists or change field names.

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content information for an assigned SRS source (e.g., programmatic list) and requesting changes to their SRS source information.

Secondary Substance Group Steward can submit requests for new substances or synonyms/related terms for an existing substance or substance group.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of an assigned terminology and can request the archiving of a terminology.

Primary Terminology Steward can edit (including delete) terminology records from the terminology; approves the changes made to the terminology by the secondary information resource steward; is the custodian of the terminology. Can request the System Administrator to archive term records and terminologies.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of an assigned registry and can request deletions of their assigned registry records.

Primary Registry Steward main function is the development, monitoring, and training of the processes for use and operation of the registry so that all users produce quality information. Primary Registry Steward can edit (including delete) a registry record; can request changes to locked fields; and can request addition of new registry records.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of assigned component records and can request deletions of assigned component records

Primary Component Steward can edit (including delete) a component record; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new component records.

The Primary Data Standard Steward has primary responsibility for maintaining the accuracy of data standards and standardized code sets within the data standards, reviewing and updating of standards, and assisting users with questions concerning implementation.

The Primary Data Standard Steward can request the Data Standards Branch (DSB) to make minor changes, or ask DSB to convene an action team to review a standard and suggest major changes to be approved through the review and comment process.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of an assigned information resource record and can request deletions of assigned resource records.

Primary Information Resource Steward can edit (including delete) an information resource record in READ; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new information resource records.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content information for an assigned SRS source (e.g., programmatic list) and requesting changes to their SRS source information.

Primary Substance Group Steward can submit requests for new substances or synonyms/related terms for an existing substance or substance group.

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content of an EPA system or dataset dictionary within the data registry as well as mapping to concepts, data standards, and other system data elements.

Secondary Data Dictionary Stewards can edit (including delete) a data dictionary; can request changes to locked fields; and can request addition of new data dictionaries.

This role confers primary responsibility to create, maintain, and archive concepts within the terminology registry and the data registry.

Primary Terminology Steward can edit (including delete) concept records from the terminology and data registry; approve the changes made to the terminology and data registry by the secondary information resource steward; is the custodian of the concepts and concept systems. Can request the System Administrator to archive classifications and sets of concepts.

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content of an assigned resource record and can request deletions of assigned resource records.

Secondary Information Resource Steward can edit (including delete) an information resource record in READ; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new information resource records.

This role has the responsibility of assisting the Primary Data Element Group Steward in managing the content of a data element group record and can request deletions of assigned data element group records. This role is assigned to Secondary Data Standards Stewards to allow them to manage the data elements and groups of elements within the standard.

Secondary Data Element Group Stewards can edit (including delete) a data element group record; can request changes to locked fields; and can request addition of new data element group records.

This role has read-only access to registry records on the public Internet. They may also download limited content.

Anonymous user has no functional role, other than read-only, for any registry information.

This role confers secondary responsibility to create, maintain, and archive concepts within the terminology registry and the data registry.

Secondary Concept Steward can edit, create, and classify concept records for the assigned registry. Within the data registry, the Secondary Concept Steward can associate concepts with conceptual administered items (data element concepts, conceptual domains, value meanings). All changes must be approved by the Primary Concept Steward before they are made final. Requests to archive concept records must be made to the Primary Concept Steward.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of assigned code set records and can request deletions of assigned code set records. This role is assigned to Data Standards Stewards if their standard has an associated code set(s) to allow them to manage that code set within the standard.

Primary Code Set Steward can edit (including delete) a code set record; can request changes to locked fields; and can request addition of new code set records.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of an EPA system or dataset dictionary within the data registry as well as mapping to concepts, data standards, and other system data elements.

Primary Data Element Group Steward can edit (including delete) a data dictionary; can request changes to locked fields; and can request addition of new data dictionaries.

This role allows the IMO the ability to manage content for designated registry information for records that fall under the jurisdiction of their particular EPA AAship or Region. The IMO also is sent notifications relating to the registry records that are proposed for, or exist in, their EPA AAship or Region.

Information Management Officer can edit (including delete) any information resource record in READ and possibly other registries within their AAship or Region; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new information resource records. IMO also is notified of edits or deletion requests by Primary Info Resource Stewards to certain fields in READ records.

This role has primary responsibility for managing the content of assigned data element group records and can request deletions of assigned data element group records. This role is assigned to Data Standards Stewards to allow them to manage the data elements and groups of elements within the standard.

Primary Data Element Group Steward can edit (including delete) a data element group record; can request changes to locked fields and can request addition of new data element group records.

This role has secondary responsibility for managing the content of an assigned registry and can request deletions of their assigned registry records.

Secondary Registry Steward main function is the development, monitoring, and training of the processes for use and operation of the registry so that all users produce quality information. Secondary Registry Steward can edit (including delete) a registry record; can request changes to locked fields; and can request addition of new registry records.

This role has read-access to all information in the registries and has some rights not available to the Anonymous User, such as the ability to request the addition of a new information resource in a registry through a log-in screen.

Trusted User has read only functionality to existing information in the registries, although the trusted user is able to request creation of new records in the different registries, potentially becoming a steward for the new record

This role is responsible for review and recommendation of technologies compliant with EPA architecture and regulations to provide the technological functions needed in the SOR

The technical reviews and recommends technological solutions.