# Team management

> Invite team members and manage roles and permissions.

**Category:** Collaboration | **Tab:** features

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Black Ice supports collaborative terminology management with role-based access control. Invite team members and control what each person can do.

## Roles

Black Ice has four roles, from most to least permissive:

| Role | Capabilities |
|------|-------------|
| **Owner** | Full control — manage workspace settings, billing, team members, and all data |
| **Admin** | Manage team members, create/edit/delete all ontology data |
| **Editor** | Create and edit concepts, terms, relationships, and classes |
| **Viewer** | Read-only access to all ontology data — cannot create, edit, or delete anything |

## Inviting team members

1. Navigate to **Settings → Team Management**
2. Click **Invite Member**
3. Enter the person's email and select a role
4. Click **Send Invite**

The invitee receives a branded email with a link to accept the invitation. If they don't have a Black Ice account, they'll be prompted to create one first.

## Invitation lifecycle

- Invitations include a secure token and expiry date
- Pending invitations can be re-sent if the original email wasn't received
- Once accepted, the team member appears in the workspace with their assigned role
- Re-inviting an email address cancels any previous pending invitation

## Changing roles

Owners and Admins can change a team member's role at any time from the Team Management settings.

## Removing members

Owners and Admins can remove team members. Removing a member revokes their access immediately — their data contributions (concepts, terms) remain in the workspace.

## Viewer restrictions

Viewers see a **View Only** banner on restricted pages. All create, edit, and delete actions are hidden from the UI. Direct URL access to protected routes (like create or import pages) redirects viewers back to the concepts list.

## Plan limits

Team management is available on the **Builder** plan, which supports up to 10 team members per workspace.