Understanding Registry People Types

COmanage Registry is designed from the model that COs are "virtual" collections of people, and that these people authoritatively come from "real" institutions. COmanage Registry tracks these different identities using two different types of records: An Organizational Identity describes a person's relationship with their "real" institution (such as their University), while a CO Person describes the person's relationship with their CO (ie: their virtual organization). Furthermore, a person can have more than one relationship with their CO. Each of these relationships is referred to as a CO Person Role.

Here's an example: