Intern:Access rights



For any data set, unpublished or published with login flag, access rights of individual users or groups of users can be defined. (Principle investigators (PI) are linked to data series but access rights can only be defined for data sets.)

Use the access right button on the data set basics tab or on the data set list:
 * select those data sets for which access rights should be defined (click/shift click),
 * click on the access right button -> the access rights window opens
 * select data sets in the lower Data set list window,
 * drag and drop an entry from the Users or Groups window on the data sets -> the data sets will appear in the Rights window
 * Default access type can be read or read & write
 * to remove access right, select entries from the Rights window and drag/drop to the trash can
 * click Save

In data sets having a status of less than published, the login flag is checked and can only be accessed with PI or admin login. Published data sets have the login flag unchecked by default, but the flag may be set on request. Data sets can not consist of both, published and unpublished data.

A user will have access to data on the Internet:
 * if the data set is published and the login flag is unchecked,
 * if the user is logged in and has imported the data set,
 * if the user is logged in and is listed as PI for the requested data set,
 * if the user is logged in and has been given access rights to the data set,
 * if the user is logged in and has admin role.

The administration of user accounts should be kept at a minimum. In projects it might be usefull to define one project-user to make all unpublished data accessible to the project members by one login. Following national and international funding policies, 2-3 years after the termination of a project, the login will be removed and data are made public available.