Hi Con, a more decentralized management of auth in DSpace is a really common need... my old patch "[ 1373613 ] Authorization system: delegate admins" (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1373613&group_id=19984&atid=319984) is about this topic. It allows collection and community admin to change permission on owned items. The patch was write for 1.3.2 but I know that others use it also with 1.4.x with only few changes. I have plan to work on it for future integration but at the moment I have not enough time... (I hope to be more active in the comunity from september/october). Anyway if you or some others can work on the patch for update it or use it as start point I will very happy to help as I can. Best, Andrea
Conal Tuohy wrote: > One thing that's always struck me as odd about DSpace's permission > system is that it doesn't seem possible for anyone but the administrator > to modify the permissions on an item. > > Is this actually the case, or am I mistaken? > > Assuming I understand it correctly, can anyone comment on why it is the > case? Is there a rationale for the omission of this feature, or is just > a historical accident? > > ??Shouldn't it be possible for a collection admin to be ass=gned this > ability? It's quite a common feature in many access controlled > environments (i.e. a "modify permissions" permission). > > What do others think? I am interested in adding this feature (I won't > list here the reasons since I think they should be obvious). > > Finally, can anyone who's hacked on DSpace's authorisation system before > provide a hint as to what's involved? > > Thanks!! > > Con > > PS apologies for the cross-posting - it wasn't clear which forum these > questions are best confined to. :-) > -- Dott. Andrea Bollini Responsabile tecnico sviluppo e formazione applicativi JAVA Sezione Servizi per le Biblioteche e l'Editoria Elettronica CILEA, http://www.cilea.it cel. +39 348-8277525 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
