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=== 3.3 Directory types ===
DIPS differentiates between “navigation directories” and “data directories”: 

A '''navigation''' directory does not contain any files itself, only other subdirectories. Only read permission can be assigned here, which allows this directory to be opened to see the next level. The maintenance of authorizations and subdirectories is carried out exclusively via DIPS. 

A '''data''' directory contains files and possibly normal subdirectories that can be created, edited and deleted by users using Windows Explorer without DIPS. Users can be given read or write permission. Authorizations are maintained exclusively via DIPS. The same access rights and retention periods apply to all files and subdirectories contained therein as to the parent data directory. Below DIPS data directories, there are only normal directories. 

Navigation directories can be defined at level 1 or level 2; data directories at level 2 or level 3. Level 3 directories are always data directories. Optionally, a level 2 directory can also be defined as a data directory. The directory depth managed by DIPS then ends there; below there are only normal directories. 

Normal directories do not carry their own permissions. They can only be below DIPS data directories. They are created, renamed, or deleted using the normal means of Windows Explorer.