# ApprovalSchemaType (Complex Type)

### Namespace: http://midpoint.evolveum.com/xml/ns/public/common/common-3

Rules for approving something (e.g. assignment of a role to a user). Specifies the structure of approvers and their relations.

Item Summary
Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
name | property string | [0,1] |
description | property string | [0,1] |
documentation | property string | [0,1] | Technical documentation for a particular object or construct.
stage | container ApprovalStageDefinitionType | [0,-1] | Levels, or stages, of the approval process.

- ### Items

  - #### name

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Display order:

  - #### description

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Display order:

  - #### documentation

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,1]

    Display order:

    Technical documentation for a particular object or construct.

    The purpose of this element is to document system configuration and behavior. The documentation will not be presented to end users. In fact, it will probably not be presented at all in midPoint user interface. This documentation element is supposed to be a part of the technical documentation of midPoint deployment. The tools than generate deployment configuration will look for these elements and combine them to compiled documentation document.

    AsciiDoc formatting is assumed for this element. Any leading or trailing whitespace is skipped. Indentation equivalent to he indentation of the first non-blank line of text is also skipped.

  - #### stage

    Flags: RAM,runtime

    Multiplicity: [0,-1]

    Display order:

    Levels, or stages, of the approval process.