Technical.
The master role for the entire system rests with the Webserver
Commissioner (WC). The WC role is performed by
the lead developer during the construction of the system. The WC role allocates the main Administration role
(WTD below), and ma
y allocate permissions
to one or more WC assistant roles (WA) in order to carry out some or all of
the following technical functions:
Server, website and workspace passwords
File uploads, database and source code maintenance
Backup, failover and other system recovery
System monitoring, performance and capacity
Administration.
The main role for the administration of events rests with the World
Tournament Director (WTD). The WTD carries out some limited
but confidential functions, and is able to allocate further administrative roles
in the following hierarchy:
Tournament Officer (TO): one or more roles capable of creating
new events
Tournament Director (TD): one or more roles which control and edit events
Trusted Roles: these are allowed to register the email addresses
and starter passwords of new players. The TO role is automatically trusted, but the
TD is not, and needs to be specifically allocated. Other officials
may be allocated trusted status (e.g., National Delegates, who can supply
player details to the system).
Playing.
Players must be registered on the system before they are allowed to
enter events. Once this is done, they have automatic access to the full
range of playing facilities, subject to the rules defined by each event in
which they play. In general, players are not allowed to access
administrative facilities, but it is possible for TO and TD roles to be
players also - however, they are not allowed to administer events in which
they are playing.
Public.
The system allows casual visitors to inspect parts of the site,
including the welcome page, and being able to view games in events where the
public viewing rule has been selected by the organizers.