The PolyU Research Data Repository (Beta)

Roles & Rights

Registered users have different roles and rights in the repository. 

All Academic, Research & Administrative staff of equivalent status (ARA) are granted the admin role automatically and can administer most of the functions, including:

• Create a master folder through completing the form
• Manage the master folder
• Manage all sub-folders and datasets within the master folder
• Assign the curator or the contributor role to another registered repository user, e.g. general staff and research students, to manage folders and datasets on their behalf

To assign a role:

• In managing the folder: On the folder page, select Edit > Permissions. Find detailed steps here.
• In managing the dataset: On the dataset page, select Edit Dataset > Permissions. Find detailed steps here.

The table below compares the rights of different roles when curator and contributor roles are assigned to another repository user.

Users can manage master folders , sub-folders  and datasets  to different extent. Refer to Folder & Dataset Organisation to distinguish the differences between the 3 content type. 

Rights within the Folder (Folder page options)

	Admin (ARA)	Curator	Contributor
Master folder
Edit folder	✓
Manage folder permission	✓
Publish / Delete folder	✓
Create sub-folder	✓	✓
Add dataset	✓	✓
Sub-folder  (created by the curator)
Edit folder	✓	✓
Manage folder permission	✓	✓
Publish / Delete folder	✓	✓
Add dataset	✓	✓

Rights on Dataset  (Dataset page options)