Permissions on EFC objects specify who can access or change the object. Users are organized into groups to ease permissions maintenance. This is obviously based on the UNIX model. Import into the EFC is supported over various protocols. NFS is used presently to import scanned image documents and OCR text.
Mail provides the transport mechanism to import mail messages.
Users have inboxes, allowing them to screen incoming objects and to apply permissions and metadata. Export of objects is through email notification of the URL through which the object is normally available. The user interface is web-based. It allows searching on the metadata of the entire data store, viewing and editing metadata, and viewing objects themselves. Users can browse among their folder links, create new folders, and rearrange folder contents.