# Role Assignment **Domain:** Institutional design / Access control **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Role assignment** maps an identified participant to a defined set of permissions, obligations, information, and possible actions. A tournament may distinguish sponsor, performer, judge, backer, protocol owner, regulator, voter, and spectator even when several roles share one platform. ## Significance Roles reveal functional power more precisely than interface visibility. They help separate who funds, defines, performs, observes, adjudicates, settles, sanctions, and hears appeals in a composed system. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [NIST role-based access control](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/role-based-access-control) ## Routes [[wiki/Identity|Identity]] · [[wiki/Eligibility Regime|Eligibility Regime]] · [[wiki/Adjudication|Adjudication]] · [[wiki/Backer|Backer]]