| Approval Center | A personal queue showing all contracts currently awaiting your approval action |
| Approval Workflow | A configurable sequence of review and approval steps a contract must pass through before it is approved |
| Approver | A user assigned to review and approve (or reject) a contract at a specific workflow step |
| Auditor | A built-in role with read-only access to all contracts and audit logs |
| Audit Log | An immutable, chronological record of all significant events in the system |
| Clause | A reusable, versioned piece of legal text stored in the Clause Library |
| Clause Library | The centralised repository of approved legal clauses |
| Contract | A legally binding agreement managed in OpenCLM |
| Contract Author | A user who creates and edits contracts |
| Contract Manager | A role with broad authority over the contract lifecycle |
| Contract Type | A category for contracts (e.g. NDA, SLA, Vendor, Employment) |
| Counterparty | The external organisation or individual party to a contract |
| Department Head | A role with management authority over a specific department's contracts |
| Draft | The initial status of a contract when it is being authored |
| Effective Date | The date from which a contract becomes legally binding |
| Expiry Date | The date on which a contract terminates (unless renewed) |
| External Counsel | A role for external lawyers with limited read access to specific contracts |
| Finance Controller | A role responsible for reviewing financial terms in contracts |
| Keycloak | The open-source identity provider used by OpenCLM for authentication and SSO |
| Legal Counsel | A role with authority over clause library management and legal review |
| Multi-tenancy | The ability of a single OpenCLM instance to host multiple isolated organisations |
| Obligation | A specific duty arising from a contract that must be fulfilled (e.g. a payment, a delivery, a report) |
| OpenSign | The open-source e-signature platform integrated with OpenCLM |
| Organisation | The top-level tenant unit in OpenCLM |
| Procurement Manager | A role focused on vendor and procurement contracts |
| RBAC | Role-Based Access Control — the permission model used by OpenCLM |
| Reviewer | A role that can comment on contracts but cannot approve them |
| Role | A named set of permissions assigned to users |
| Signatory | A role with authority to sign contracts via the e-signature workflow |
| Super Admin | A role with unrestricted access to all organisations and features |
| Template | A pre-built contract structure that speeds up authoring |
| Under Review | The contract status when it is in an active approval workflow |
| Version History | A record of all saved snapshots of a contract's body |
| Webhook | An HTTP callback triggered by OpenCLM events — used to integrate with external systems |