This page will describe FOLIO’s topology that will support consortia functionality.

Glossary

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Term	Description
Primary Affiliation	AKA home tenant. Identifer of the tenant of a Real User
Active Affiliation	Current tenant with which FOLIO actions are performed. Only possible if a Shadow User exists in the tenant.
Shadow User	a user created in a destination tenant to allow the principal in an originating tenant to act by proxy in the destination tenant.
Real User	a user created in a tenant. Acts as a primary link to shadow users in other tenants.
Home Tenant	Tenant where the actual user record(Real User) lives
Target Tenant	Tenant context where FOLIO actions are performed
Consortial Tenant	Tenant where mod-consortia is enabled
Central Tenant	AKA Consortial Tenant
Member Tenant	Tenant belonging to a member of a consortium.
Shared Instance	An Inventory instance that lives in the consortial tenant. Can be shared to other tenant in the consortium.
Shadow Instance	Copy of a Shared Instance in a Member Tenant.

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