About entry classes
Entry classes are created in SDL MultiTerm Administrator and allow you to limit access to entries in a termbase. Entry classes are termbase-specific.
Every entry in a server-based termbase has an entry class. You can assign different entry classes to termbase entries from SDL MultiTerm or from another MultiTerm component, then assign different access levels from MultiTerm Administrator.
Access rights to entries with entry classes assigned are specified through MultiTerm roles. For example a role might have read access to entries of one class, and read/write access to entries of a different class.
MultiTerm has three predefined entry classes:
- Unspecified
- Public
- Internal
By default, MultiTerm uses the Unspecified entry class for entries to which you do not assign an entry class. You can change the default entry class for a termbase or create new entry classes from MultiTerm Administrator.