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A role is a function a user performs either in the management of Magnolia or as a visitor of a Magnolia website. It reflects the actions and activities assigned to, required or expected of a user. Specific permissions are granted to enable the functions of a role.

For example, the editor role is responsible for editing content displayed on the site. Permissions granted to this role allow the user to edit the content and submit it for review. The publisher role, on the other hand, is tasked with reviewing the content and publishing it from the author instance to the public instance(s).

Roles have JCR Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Web access permissions. For both the JCR content and Web access you can define multiple ACLs per role.