ACE security levels

A security "level" is a predefined collection of rights which simplify applying and administering individual rights.

For example, the Full Control level for a document includes all possible document rights, whereas the Major Versioning level includes only those rights required to allow the user to perform the various tasks required to create a major version of a document. Documents, folders, custom objects, choice lists, and other securable objects all have their own predefined levels appropriate to the type of object. Levels can be viewed and assigned using the object's security editor. Applications can be designed to expose only the levels to users, or they can allow users to choose to assign levels or the individual rights. The Administration Console for Content Platform Engine security editor includes a custom level which is displayed if individual rights have been set that are different from the pre-designed rights-to-level mappings.

The topic in the Mapping security levels to individual access rights provides specific definitions of security levels.