Unable to edit a new Custom Taxonomy in WordPress

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I have just registered a new Custom Taxonomy in WordPress (as per the docs). Here is a copy of the code in functions.php for reference: 

function people_init() {
    // create a new taxonomy
    register_taxonomy(
        'people',
        'post',
        array(
            'label' => __( 'People' ),
            'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'person' ),
            'capabilities' => array(
                'assign_terms' => 'edit_guides',
                'edit_terms' => 'publish_guides'
            )
        )
    );
}
add_action( 'init', 'people_init' );

As you can see in the image below, the Taxonomy appears within left-hand navigation but when my (admin) user clicks on the option I am displayed with an You are not allowed to edit this item. error:

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Preview of the error

Can anyone suggest why this may be?

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  1. Almost as soon as I posted this I realised it is the capabilities array. Removing this, so that it reverts to the default allows access as intended.

    After further investigation I found that the following was the best settings to get this functioning correctly:

    'capabilities' => array(
    'manage__terms' => 'edit_posts',
    'edit_terms' => 'manage_categories',
    'delete_terms' => 'manage_categories',
    'assign_terms' => 'edit_posts'
)