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Table 1 defines each owner role for a Community.

Owner Role	Definition
User	Users that can only view existing data in a Community.
Commenter	Users that can view existing data and create and reply to Posts in a Community.
Contributor	Users that can view existing data, create and reply to Posts, and create Indicators, Groups, and Tags in a Community.
Editor	Users that can view, create, and delete data (i.e., Posts and threat intelligence), as well as edit threat intelligence, in a Community.
Director	Users that can view, create, and delete data (i.e., Posts and threat intelligence), edit threat intelligence, and administrate members in a Community.
Banned	Users that have no access at all to a Community.
Subscriber	Users that can only view published data from a Community.

Community Administration

Table 2 provides the specific permissions for each Community owner role with respect to Community administration. System Administrators can view these settings under the Access Control tab of the Edit Owner Role window for the owner role. The permissions are defined in the “Community” subsection of the “Intel Access Permissions” section of Permission Definitions.

Owner Role	Invite	Membership	Settings	Attribute Type	Security Label
User	None	None	None	Read	Read
Commenter	None	None	None	Read	Read
Contributor	None	None	None	Read	Create
Editor	None	None	Full	Full	Full
Director	Allowed	Modify	Full	Full	Full
Banned	None	None	None	None	None
Subscriber	None	None	Read	Read	Read

Table 3 provides the specific permissions for each Community owner role with respect to threat intelligence. System Administrators can view these settings under the Intel tab of the Edit Owner Role window for the owner role. The permissions are defined in the “Community” subsection of the “Threat Intelligence Permissions” section of Permission Definitions.

Owner Role	Attribute	Indicator, Group, Track, Victim	Tag	Copy Data	Post
User	Read	Read	Read	None	Read
Commenter	Read	Read	Read	None	Create
Contributor	Create	Create	Full	Allowed	Create
Editor	Full	Full	Full	Allowed	Full
Director	Full	Full	Full	Allowed	Full
Banned	None	None	None	None	None
Subscriber	Read	Read	Read	None	Read

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