In CentraSite, asset management means managing the information contained in the registry and repository. In the registry, the information is organized and represented by registry objects. CentraSite distinguishes between registry objects that represent Assets and Supporting Objects.

In CentraSite, each asset and each user is affiliated with organizations. An asset created by a user is assigned to the organization to which the user belongs. Each organization in CentraSite can have one or more child organizations. This allows you to create a hierarchical organization structure in which all users and assets are embedded.

Initially, only the Default Organization is defined. The administrator who installs CentraSite acts as administrator of the Default Organization. He/she has all permissions required to create additional organizations and to define CentraSite users for the organizations. For each new organization, he/she has to define a user as administrator who in turn has all permissions required to fulfill the necessary administrative tasks for the new organization.