Security

Resource permissions

Use cases

• Data sets are private by default (data files and metadata must be accessible only by the owner)
• Only data set owners can change sharing options
• Data sets can be shared with groups of authenticated users
• Data sets can be shared with all authenticated users of the site
• Data sets can be made completely public (accessible by unauthenticated users)
• Separate access controls must exist for data files and metadata

Data Set Permission Options:

• Read-meta-only permissions allows other group members to view the data set's meta data and the results of all analyses executed on the data.
• Read-only permissions allows other group members to view the data set and the results of all analyses executed on the data.
• Modify permissions additionally allows other group members to run analyses on the data that will become part of the data set.

Access control model

Reference

• File system permissions
• File and Folder Permissions
• Github:
  • Permission levels for an organization
  • Repository permission levels for an organization