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.. I too forgot about the different project scenario. I agree with all the suggestions brought up by Mark and Saminda. Thanks a lot for the input. The gateway itself have to manage the users and userGroups. I will look into more usecases to figure out the best way to implement it. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Saminda Wijeratne <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Miller, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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.. >> > Agreed. I totally forgot about shared projects scenario. Thanks for > pointing it out Mark. > >> >> >> 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]> >> 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 >> >> >> > > -- Thanks, Sachith Withana
