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+#!/usr/bin/python2.5
+#
+# Copyright 2008 the Melange authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""This module contains the Administrator Model."""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
+]
+
+
+from google.appengine.ext import db
+
+import soc.models.person
+
+
+class Role(soc.models.person.Person):
+  """Information common to Program participation for all Roles.
+
+  Role is the entity that is created when a Person actually participates
+  in some fashion in a Program.  Person details could *possibly* be collected
+  without actual participation (voluntary, opt-in, of course).
+
+  A Role is a Person's participation in a single Program.  To avoid
+  duplication of data entry, facilities will be available for selecting
+  an existing Role associated with a particular User to be duplicated for
+  participation in a new Program.
+
+  A Person has to have at least one Role in order to be able to create
+  any Work (such as a Document) on the site.  The easiest-to-obtain Role is
+  probably Club Member (though Clubs can set their own membership criteria).
+
+  A Role entity participates in the following relationships implemented
+  as a db.ReferenceProperty elsewhere in another db.Model:
+
+   documentation) a 1:many relationship of Documentation (tax forms,
+     letters from schools, etc.) associated with the Role by Hosts.  This
+     relation is implemented as the 'documentation' back-reference Query of
+     the Documentation model 'role' reference.
+
+   works) a many:many relationship with Works, stored in a separate
+     WorksRoles model, representing the Work authored by this Role.
+     See the WorksRoles model class for details.
+  """
+  pass
+