As an end user, I think even with just a single tool, the argument for a group is there. As Saminda suggested, one may wish to have a join area to work in with a group, and individual work you aren't ready to share, even with just a single tool.
Because a Gateway is wide open, it is easy to imagine a case where there are several groups, each with (potentially overlapping) users, who all are working with Amber for different projects.. Mark From: Saminda Wijeratne [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 9:11 AM To: dev Subject: Re: Users and UserGroups in Science Gateways I'm not an expert on the Amber usecase, but I suppose it is possible to have multiple user groups for a single usecase. It could be to have a shared space of data hidden from each user group. It could be to author access/privilledges to the portal or resources depending on the user group. I would assume the mapping of user to usergroups would be many to one mapping. Unlike user roles I don't think it is sensible to have users being mapped to multiple groups (there is a whole area of security to consider here). (I do have to note that usergroup IMO is not a must concept for a science gateway) On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Sachith Withana <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, Can someone explain to me the mapping of users to groups in a Science Gateway? ( This is regarding the Amber usecase). Can there be multiple user groups in a gateway portal when it comes to just one usecase? ex: If we have only one usecase for the portal ( such as Amber) -- Thanks, Sachith Withana
