CoLab Usergroups

MPDL

The Mediawiki extension Group Based Access Control has been installed in the CoLab to provide some limited (!!!) means of authorization for its content (see Security issues with authorization extensions for further details on the limitations).

The extension enables editors of an article to restrict the access to a group of users defined on a special page. By example, the article Faces Specification can only be accessed by users belonging to one of the groups "MPDL" or "Faces". This is done by adding the tag &lt;accesscontrol&gt;MPDL,,Faces&lt;/accesscontrol&gt; to the top of the page.

After their initial creation, usergroups are only accessible by users with "Sysop" privileges. To request access to restricted content, please check the table below to identify the appropriate administrator or contact [mailto:colab-support@gwdg.de the administrators].

Please note: CoLab has been envisioned to become an open platform for community building and knowledge exchange (read more). Thus, access to content should only be restricted in exceptional cases, e.g. while preparing information packages which are expected to be widely shared sooner or later.

Please find an overview on the current existing user groups below: