The permissions that enable access to registry/repository objects are either organization-specific or system-wide. An organization-specific permission grants a specific level of access to all objects of a given type within a specified organization. Permissions that enable access to assets, policies and lifecycle models are organization-specific. A system-wide permission grants access to objects that are available to all organizations, such as taxonomies and asset types.

System-wide permissions are generally given only to a small group of high-level administrators.