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Access and restrictions

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Access roles

Superuser (Admin) - Actor having the access to set up the application configuration

Librarian - Actor in charge of managing and curating the data, and the workflows.

Patron - Actor interacting with the system from the outside, using the feature of the system to cover his demand for books/articles/publications and to interact with the library.

Document Record

In the document schema there are two types connected with giving access tot the record itself. The restricted access means that record will be only accessible to the librarian role - taken into the account the fact that the actors of the role are the day to day managers of the system's workflow. The fact that the record is restricted means it is not visible to the patron, neither by trying to access the record's landing page nor by performing a search Read more about access in invenio-access module documentation

There are two fields on the Document record schema to fulfil the need of applying restrictions

  • the first one is a flexible way supplied by invenio-access module: 

    {
    "_access": {
        "read": {
            "systemroles": ["campus_user"]
        },
        "update": {
            "users": [1],
            "roles": ["curators"]
        }
    }
}
    This example will not be discussed here as it is already documented (here)

  • the second field is the restricted boolean field. It fulfils a need for a simple indication if the record should be visible to the patron

EItem record (electronic items)

Open access field

The field implementation and naming is a result of one of the requirements which we used as a reference to construct the system.

Most of the electronic item records have assigned URL as a resource, to an external provider. From the ILS point of view those URLs can require a login to external providers website, and the patron should be informed about it. In the same the Electronic item record should not be restricted. Open access informs the patron that the link is accessible without any additional restrictions, and the intention of the client was to promote the open over the restricted