The access control values have different levels of priority. It determines which access control value prevails in the competition between access control values that come from different roles or BSCW groups that a user belongs to.
In the table each row has a higher priority than the rows below it:
| Access control value | Significance | Available for | Comment |
| yes* | (strong 'yes') | O | (default value for owner; available only for owners) |
| no | (strong 'no') | M, A | (default value for 'Other users') |
| yes | (weak 'yes') | M, A | (default value for registered users) |
| derived | M, A | (default value for 'Members') | |
| '-' | (weak 'no') | O, M, A | |
| O = 'Owner'; M = 'Member'; A = 'All users except ...'; | |||