[IPT] Functionality request: ADMIN checking data before GBIF registration

[Hannu Saarenmaa]

  I think it is more important to fix this at registry than at IPT.  If 
it is done at registry,  it will also work for other types of providers 
in one go.

Hannu

On 2010-09-15 14:37, Tim Robertson (GBIF) wrote:
> I missed this one in my previous response,
>
> This relates to the endorsement model employed in GBIF.  Currently a 
> Node is required to endorse an Institution, after which any resources 
> made available through that institution are automatically picked up 
> and indexed in the global portal.
>
> This discussion actually goes beyond the scope of the IPT, and into 
> the Registry as Dag and Hannu hint at.  For the purposes of the IPT, I 
> believe the proposed functionality of *"*a) The preference would be to 
> allow the ADMIN to provide Registration privileges to individual 
> MANAGERS " would satisfy the level of control needed in an IPT 
> installation, but that we need to consider the cascading endorsement 
> model further in the registry - e.g. when a node manager endorses an 
> Institution, should subsequent datasets be automatically detected and 
> harvested, or should a Node manager be offered that fine grained control.
>
> If my understanding above captures this correctly, could I please 
> propose that the IPT ADMIN/MANAGER level control is resolved, but this 
> requirement be captured for the Registry development?  Your advice on 
> this is greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Hannu Saarenmaa wrote:
>
>> Both of these suggestions will probably work fine. But controlling 
>> things at the registry as Dag suggest might be more powerful.  I just 
>> want to be able to check in advance what resources gets listed on 
>> Data Portal for our institution.  Blocking publishing at IPT may not 
>> achieve this, if there are multiple servers, like there is.
>>
>> Hannu
>>
>> On 2010-09-15 10:56, Dag Terje Filip Endresen wrote:
>>> Hi Tim and Hannu,
>>>
>>> Would it be useful to register this setting for the data provider to 
>>> the GBRDS - so that the NODE can set a "default" permission that 
>>> will allow the data provider to install an independent IPT instance 
>>> to publish from if they wish to. So that the data hosting center can 
>>> host datasets from distributed data providers that themselves may 
>>> want to "upgrade" to have their own IPT later on. The NODE admin 
>>> could thus get an overview of resources endorsed by the NODE from 
>>> the GBRDS...?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Dag
>>>
>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>     *From:* Tim Robertson (GBIF) [mailto:trobertson at gbif.org]
>>>     *To:* ipt at lists.gbif.org
>>>     *Sent:* Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:43:28 +0200
>>>     *Subject:* [IPT] Functionality request: ADMIN checking data
>>>     before GBIF registration
>>>
>>>     Hi all,
>>>
>>>     Hannu has raised a request for the following to be satisfied by
>>>     the IPT:
>>>     "- Publishing a resource must be accepted by the owner of the
>>>     provider. It has happened that a test user publishes something odd
>>>     which goes all the way to the data portal without nobody
>>>     controlling
>>>     it."
>>>
>>>     This is a contradiction to the requests of others, and specifically
>>>     those wishing to promote basic "data hosting centers", who request
>>>     that a data MANAGER should be able to work autonomously.
>>>
>>>     After discussion with the developers the proposal is to
>>>     implement the
>>>     following, which we hope satisfies both requirements:
>>>     In the Administration section, an ADMIN can choose to enable or
>>>     disable the ability for MANAGERS to register resources with
>>>     GBIF. By
>>>     default MANAGERS can register a resource, but an ADMIN can disable
>>>     this through this check box.
>>>
>>>     If anyone has any concerns or comments on this approach, please can
>>>     you raise them on this list?
>>>
>>>     Many thanks,
>>>     Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> -- 
>> Hannu Saarenmaa
>> Head of Unit for Biodiversity Informatics
>> (yli-intendentti, lajitietotiimi)
>> Finnish Museum of Natural History
>> P.O. Box 17 (P.Rautatiekatu 13)
>> FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
>>
>> hannu.saarenmaa at helsinki.fi
>> Telephone +358-9-191-28688
>> Mobile +358-50-3102689
>> http://www.gbif.fi/
>

-- 
Hannu Saarenmaa
Head of Unit for Biodiversity Informatics
(yli-intendentti, lajitietotiimi)
Finnish Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 17 (P.Rautatiekatu 13)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki

hannu.saarenmaa at helsinki.fi
Telephone +358-9-191-28688
Mobile +358-50-3102689
http://www.gbif.fi/

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