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| Role | Notes |
|---|---|
| Viewer | Consumer of content Must have View Content permission |
| Author | Responsible for producing (creating, editing) content Must have Edit Content permission |
| Assignee | A user who is assigned as a content reviewer or assigned to a workflow task Assignment is optional by default, but can be required or prevented in the workflow markup or app configuration. |
| Reviewer | Responsible for reviewing content – see Reviews Approvals (concept) and Content reviews (user guide) Must have Edit Content permission |
| Reviewers can optionally be required to authenticate their identity prior to making a review. For more information, see Reviewer Authentication. | |
| Approver / Rejector | A Reviewer who has either approved or rejected content during a content review. These can be used in some of the Developer APIs, and also accessed via the Workflow Supplier or Value References. |
| In some elements of the user interface and macros, the term "Approver" is used to refer to a "Reviewer" or "Assignee". | |
| Producer | Collective term for Authors, Assignees and Reviewers. Namely, all users who have Edit Content permission. |
| Workflow Admin | Can force workflows into a specific state on a page-by-page basis – see: Administrator state override. Can remove Must have Workflow Admin permission |
| In Space Mode, Confluence Admins and Space Admins can use the Initialize States feature to bulk transition all content for a given workflow in to a given state. |
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