.. _applications: Applications ============ What are Applications? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Application is an instance of a software application that is made available to citizens to interact with government services. An Application belongs to an :ref:`Organization ` and may have it's own :ref:`Policy `. An Application may have more than one :ref:`Service Card ` that is presented to the citizen to access the application. An Application may also have a set of :ref:`Email Templates ` available that can be managed and consumed by the Application.