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• External Authentication ID – permits logging in by the External Authentication system.
  NOTE: Two User Accounts may not have the same External Authentication ID
• Password – permits logging in by the Internal Authentication system.
• Matching ID – can be used to associate the User Account with a profile page.

NOTE: In VIVO release 1.3, the External Authentication ID and the Matching ID are the same field. This may be changed in a future release.

User Roles

In VIVO there are four user roles that can be assigned: administrator, curator, editor, and self-editor. Future releases will allow VIVO administrators to create additional roles. Permissions provided to roles will determine access options available to user accounts within VIVO. It is important to consider what a new user’s role may be, prior to setting up the new account.

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