# What is a project?

Projects provide a contextual sandbox that controls the scope of all the elements within that project. This allows, for example, a form builder to be given permission to create forms in one project but not another, or for a form user to view submissions in one project but not others.

The various elements that can be contained in a project context include:

* [**Forms** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/6LdEf8SjBIeQDsRL3BdV/form-types)**&** [**Resources** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/6LdEf8SjBIeQDsRL3BdV/resources)- Ad-hoc data collecting interfaces
  * [**Submissions** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MPHoF2HwOA0s5HV_AIB/userguide/submissions)- Data submitted into each form
  * [**Actions** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/6LdEf8SjBIeQDsRL3BdV/actions)- Actions performed once the form is submitted; such as Email, Webhooks, etc.
  * [**Logs** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/6LdEf8SjBIeQDsRL3BdV/actions#action-logs)- Keeps an active report of actions performed.
  * [**Access** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MPHoF2HwOA0s5HV_AIB/developers/roles-and-permissions#permissions)- Assign Role-based permissions to certain actions within each form
  * [**Revisions** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MPHoF2HwOA0s5HV_AIB/userguide/forms/form-revisions)- If enabled, create new revisions for every form update.
  * [**Settings** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MPHoF2HwOA0s5HV_AIB/userguide/forms/form-settings)- Settings per-form
* [**Roles** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/-MPHoF2HwOA0s5HV_AIB/developers/roles-and-permissions#roles)- Assigned to users to establish access control. Can be user-defined.
* [**Stages** ](https://help.form.io/admin/projects/stages)- Child project contexts used to manage multiple environments and authoring workflows.
* [**Settings**](https://help.form.io/admin/projects/project-settings)
  * [**Integrations** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/DuAwTOTr6NFMpkfgwq9x/integrations)- Configure integrations with third-party providers, such as Email providers on a per-project basis
  * [**Authentication** ](https://app.gitbook.com/s/DuAwTOTr6NFMpkfgwq9x/authentication-and-authorization)- Configure SSO, OAuth, SAML, and LDAP authentication systems.
  * [**Stage Versions and Deployments**](https://help.form.io/admin/stages#stage-deployments) - Used to create and manage the versions of a specific stage and to deploy created versions to other stages.
  * [**On-Premise Environment**](https://app.gitbook.com/s/KgNM52jrdfkHgHDfKCH9/on-premises-deployment) - Allows you to connect a stage to a remote API server.
  * [**Project & Stage Settings**](https://help.form.io/admin/projects/project-settings) - Includes CORS, API Keys, Public Configurations, etc.


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