[Dspace-general] Do I understand authorizations? (Take 2)

[Mark Jordan]

Hi,

If anyone on either list would like to share how they have set up authorizations for the type of workflow I describe below,
I'd be very grateful to hear how you've done it, either on- or off-list(s).

Mark

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:15:05AM -0800, Mark Jordan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having difficulty understanding how authorizations work. Please bear with me while I explain what I have done so far. The
> workflow I am striving for is to allow faculty to upload material and a designate in the department to edit metadata and
> approve for inclusion.
> 
> I have created a group called "Uploaders", who have Add authorizations on the relevant collection, and a group called
> "Gatekeepers", who have Write authorizations on the collection.
> 
> For this collection, I have only defined workflow step 2. The Gatekeeper group is indicated in the collection workflow editor,
> and using the Authorizations tool I can see that the policies for the collection indicate that Uploaders have Add permissions
> and Gatekeepers have Write permissions. 
> 
> Members of the Uploaders group can upload items into the authorized collection. Members of the Gatekeepers group can edit
> metadata and reject a submission, but not approve the submission for inclusion.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong, or is it possible that there is a problem with my installation (I'm using 1.1.1)? I thought that 
> Write permission with only workflow step 2 defined would allow approval, rejection, and editing of metadata by members of that 
> group.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> Mark Jordan
> Acting Coordinator of Library Systems
> W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
> Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
> Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023                 
> mjordan at sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~mjordan/
> 
>  

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Mark Jordan
Acting Coordinator of Library Systems
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023                 
mjordan at sfu.ca / http://www.sfu.ca/~mjordan/