I haven't had any restrictive experience as described and it sounds like we shouldn't really be concerned with it _unless_ I'm reading your comment about Anonymous access correctly and understand that it subverts parent access permissions???
Do tell. -sf On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:43 PM, Larry Stone wrote: > Bundle is the red-haired stepchild of the data model, or maybe > it's more like the crazy aunt we keep in the basement. I *suspect* > it is > irrelevant when deciding on read permisison for a Bitstream, but > want to check. > > Some background: Bundle *has* ResourcePolicy objects associated with > it, and those are consulted before adding/removign Bitstreams, but > none > of the existing code appears to pay any attention to its READ policy > (except the METS package writer, which nobody uses anyway). One could > make a case that Bundles are really descriptive and/or structural > metadata and shouldn't exert any control over whether their contained > Bitstreams are readable or not; those Bitstreams have policies which > can > speak for themselves, and do. The system doc pages only mention > policies for ADD and REMOVE actions on Bundles. > > I'm working with an custom ingest application that uses a restrictive > DEFAULT_BITSTREAM_READ policy on the Collection, and noticed this READ > policy also gets copied to Bundle objects in a new Item, yet it does > not > have any effect. For example, if the ORIGINAL Bundle is only > readable to > private group, while its enclosed Bitstream is readable to > "Anonymous", > the web UI still lets an anonymous user download it. > > Has anyone had an experience of being denied READ access to a > Bitstream > because of its enclosing Bundle's policy? I'm inclined ignore Bundle > policies but want to be sure I'm not missing anything. > > thanks, > > -- Larry > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills > and code to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the > power of local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR > SDK and > Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
