ESciDoc Access Rights

Work in progress

Related discussion

see ESciDoc Institutional Visibility Discussion

Retrieval of items and components

• Rule of thumb: a component cannot be retrieved only if the user has no privilege to view it's enclosing item

Description of the access component rules table

• Item status - the public-status of the item. Item may have different public status then the status of the last version of the item.
• Version status - the status of the last version of the item
• Who may access - Name of the role or group that can access the content associated with the component of the item.
• Where is role defined - The eSciDoc resource type for which the role or group has been associated when granting privilege for access
• Which access level - The access level that the component should have specified in order to be retrievable by the role or group specified in "Who may access" column. (Any is used in case when the access level is not limitation if user is granted with appropriate role)

Description of the roles/groups in the access component rules table

• Depositor - user who can create items in the repository and manage items (including components and their content) she created in accordance with the overall workflow rules.
• DataAdmin - user who has the possibility to create items and manage items (including components and their content) independently from their ownership and in accordance with the overall workflow rules.
• QARole - placeholder for roles in the system that are responsible for the quality assurance of the data e.g. Metadata editor, Moderator, Authority, Rights checking.

Access component rules table

Item status	Item version status	Who may access	Where is access level defined	Which access level
pending	pending	Depositor (only if owner) DataAdmin	Context	Any
pending	pending	Colaborator	Component (thus Item implicitly)	Any
submitted	submitted	Depositor (if owner) DataAdmin QARole	Context	Any
submitted	submitted	Colaborator	Component (thus item implicitly)	Any
released	released	Depositor (if owner) DataAdmin QARole	Context	Any
released	released	Colaborator	Component (thus item implicitly)	Any
released	released	Any user	Component (thus item implicitly)	Public
withdrawn	N/A	Depositor (if owner) DataAdmin QARole	Context	Any

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