Changeset 10777

Timestamp:

20 Nov 2013, 15:07:54 (11 years ago)

Author:

Henrik Bettermann

Message:

Shorten description.

File:

• main/eko-disco-specs/trunk/data.rst (modified) (1 diff)

main/eko-disco-specs/trunk/data.rst

@@ -382 +382 @@
 
 A user account is a set of user data and :ref:`label-login-credentials`
-which allows a user (agent) to authenticate to the system and
+which allows a user (agent) to authenticate against the system and
 let the system store some information required for user handling,
-such as real name, email address and/or mobile phone number.
+such as real name, email address and/or mobile phone number. An email
+address and/or phone number ensures that the user can be contacted
+electronically by the system.
+
 :ref:`label-user-role`\s are assigned to user accounts and managed by the
 system to grant authorization for the various views of the portal.
 Real-world officers (staff members) and customers are different to the
-system as they will get different roles. Also anonymous users are
-accepted by the system to provide marketing pages, service offers,
-etc.
-
-Each user has one set of :ref:`label-login-credentials` to authenticate
-against the system.
+system as they will get different roles. Also anonymous users
+(users without user account) are accepted by the system to provide
+marketing pages, service offers, etc.
 
 Users can be blocked or removed from the system.