# 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]]