We call these resources Ontology resources. An Ontology can either be private and assigned to a single Organization or shared among multiple Organizations. Shared Ontologies allow users of different Organizations to share data and workflows in a safe way. Grouping entities in Ontologies ensures that only users of the specified Organizations can access ontological entities.
Users with access to multiple Ontologies can switch between them by using the selection dropdown menu located in the top left of the Ontology Manager. After an Ontology has been migrated to roles, members of that ontology will have Discoverer access to all ontological entities within.
Relation with spaces
An Ontology is mapped 1:1 with a space. When a new space is created, a corresponding Ontology with the same name is simultaneously created with the same Organization markings as the space. A private space will map to a private Ontology, while a shared space will map to a shared Ontology.
Users and groups granted the Owner role on the space also have the Ontology Owner role on the corresponding Ontology.