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]
- description
  
  Flags: RAM,runtime
  
  Multiplicity: [0,1]
- documentation
  
  Flags: RAM,runtime
  
  Multiplicity: [0,1]
  
  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]
  
  Levels, or stages, of the approval process.