Understand Contributor Permissions
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Contributors are a group of collaborators within a project, component, registration, or preprint.
There are three different levels of permissions:
- Read
- Read+Write
- Administrator (Admin)
| Administrator | Read+Write | Read | |
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| Mainly for | Starting and approving research processes | Entering information | Read and stay informed |
| Example roles | Principal Investigators Research Manager Lab Manager |
Research team associates | IRB Librarians Department deans |
General Tasks
| Administrator | Read+Write | Read | |
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| View the contents of a project, component, registration, or preprint |
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Projects
| Administrator | Read+Write | Read | |
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| Upload, edit, and delete files | |
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| Create, edit, and delete wiki pages | |
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| Connect and configure add-ons | |
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| Create and delete components | |
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| Add and delete contributors | |
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| View contributor permissions | |
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| Modify contributor permissions | |
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| Create, manage, and delete view-only links | |
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| Change project's privacy setting | |
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| Delete the project | |
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| Register the project from the "Registration" tab | |
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| Create a DOI for a public project. | |
Components
A component's privacy settings, contributors, tags, wikis, add-ons, and files are separate from the parent project. If you choose, components can inherit the contributors and tags of a parent project (see below).
Note: As the creator of a component, you will automatically become the component admin. You can then add and give permissions to any additional contributors you would like for that component.
| Administrator | Read+Write | Read | |
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| Upload, edit, and delete files | |
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| Create, edit, and delete wiki pages | |
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| Connect and configure add-ons | |
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| Create and delete components | |
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| Add and delete contributors | |
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| View contributor permissions | |
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| Modify contributor permissions | |
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| Create, manage, and delete view-only links | |
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| Change project's privacy setting | |
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| Delete the project | |
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| Register the project from the "Registration" tab | |
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| Create a DOI for a public project. | |
Registrations
Note: Permissions on the registration and associated project do not sync and may be different.
| Administrator | Read+Write | Read | |
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| Start a registration draft | |
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| Add and remove contributors | |
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| Adjust contributor permission levels | |
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| Edit the content of a registration draft | |
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| Submit a registration | |
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| Approve/reject a registration | |
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| Add, edit, and remove resources | |
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| Start an update | |
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| Submit an update | |
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| Approve/reject an update | |
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| Start a withdrawal request | |
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| Approve/reject a withdrawal request | |
Preprints
| Administrator | Read+Write | Read | |
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| Edit title, abstract, and metadata | |
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| Add or remove contributors | |
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| Change contributor permissions | |
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| Add and edit author assertions | |
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| Add supplements | |
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| Edit publication DOI and publication date | |
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| Withdraw preprint | |
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| Create and edit new versions | |
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| Add links to publicly available data | |
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| Add public registration or preregistration link | |
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| Review preprint analytics | |
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