In the Access Control tab,
you can configure the visibility and modifiability of individual term
databases. By default, access control is disabled for the term database
(Unrestricted) meaning that only user type privileges apply. The permissions selector
fields are not visible. If you select the Restricted option,
the permissions selector fields appear. These permissions control
what users or groups have read or write access to specific term databases.
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Note: These permissions mask existing user type privileges. To browse a
term database, your user type must have TD browse privilege and read
permissions for that term database. Similarly, to be able to modify
a term you must have TD modify privilege for your user type and write
permissions for that term database.
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Figure 18: Access Control tab of Terminology Database
definition page
The
Users section configures the user access controls. This section configures
privileges for users in addition to those who receive permissions
from the
Groups section below it. In other words, users configured here are additive
in relation to the group access controls.
The lists in this
Users section are:
-
Available Users – This is a list of all available users that have not been assigned
permissions. For example, if the user is assigned to the read only
permission, that user’s name will be removed from this list. To assign
the user to the read and write permission, the user must be first
moved back to this list, and then reassigned. Users cannot be assigned
to multiple permission lists since the permissions are tiered. There
will be an “All Users” entry that will be available from the list
provided no users have already been assigned. This will allow all
users to be given the permission without having to select and move
each explicitly.
-
Read and Write Permissions – These are the users that have been explicitly given read and write
permissions.
-
Read Only Permission – These are the users that have been explicitly given read only
permissions.
The
Groups section contains
the access control options for each supported user group. The control
option settings assigned to each group in this section intersect to
establish which users have the permissions in addition to those specified
explicitly by the user assignments. There are four user group types
in the
Groups section:
For each such group type, you have the option of explicitly assigning
permissions for those groups. The authorized users for each permission
is the intersection of users identified in each unignored group type.
That is, for you to have read and write permission for the TD, you
must have read and write permission in all group types that are not
ignored. The relationship between the
Available <group type>,
Read and Write Permissions,
and
Read Only Permissions controls are the same as in the
Users section described
above.