I cannot figure out the differences between setting the Submission policy (Open, Close) for the Metadata navigation service

Question

I have created a metadata managed service, and for one the the term sets I define the Submission policy to be Open, instead of Close, as follow:-

But nothing have changes, I thought that specifying the term set to be open will allow users to add terms to the term set, without the need to login to the central administration as I am currently doing.

So basically I have these two questions:-

• What are the differences between specifying the Submission policy to be Open or to be Close.

• Is there a way to allow users or group of users to be able to add terms to a term set, without the need to login to the central administration site?

Thanks

Answer 1

Basically selection of submission policy (Open or close) will define whether a user can add new terms in the term store or term store managed by the Managers.

• Anyone can add a new term to an open term set.
• For Closed Term set only administrator can add it. Only people who were identified as contributors to a term set group can add terms to a closed term set in the group

Their are 2 types of term set scope, Global & local.

• Local: If you are adding a term to a local term set, you must start this procedure from the site collection to which the term set belongs.

• Global: If you are updating a global term set, you can open the Term Store Management Tool from any site.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-help/create-and-manage-terms-in-a-term-set-HA102771989.aspx