[ckan-dev] Authorization Concept

Tue Nov 19 10:23:26 UTC 2013

Hi Fabian,

oh, I see. You mean the process. Sorry for my misunderstanding.

I think you are right, I can't see any "user story" on how registered  
users could request memberships.
This would in deed be helpful.

Cheers
Ralf

Zitat von "Kirstein, Fabian" <fabian.kirstein at fokus.fraunhofer.de>:

> Hi,
>
> thanks for answer. I guess you got my question the wrong way. I know  
> how to add an user to an organization . But I need to know that an  
> user wants to be added! So the user has to tell the admin somehow.  
> And I would say that's  a gap in the concept.
>
> Fabian
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ckan-dev [mailto:ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org] Im Auftrag von Ralf
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. November 2013 10:32
> An: ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org
> Betreff: Re: [ckan-dev] Authorization Concept
>
> Hi,
>
> as admin you can add members to the organization within the CKAN GUI.
>
> Just go to the organization page
> /organization/members/<organizationname> and find the membership tab.
>
> I guess there is also a CLI command to add members, see  
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/paster.html.
>
> Ralf
>
>
> Zitat von "Kirstein, Fabian" <fabian.kirstein at fokus.fraunhofer.de>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've got a conceptional question regarding CKANs authorization system.
>> I understand that the authorization is managed with the organizations.
>> But what is the concept to become a member of an organization in the
>> first place? Let's say a user has registered himself and know he wants
>> to add a dataset to an organization. So he has to know the admin of
>> that organization and contact him somehow.
>> If he doesn't know him, he has no chance be become a member of that
>> organization. Do I get this right? Probably there should be an option
>> for sending a request  for joining the organization!?
>>
>> Thanks for any thoughts on that.
>> Fabian
>>
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> Fabian Kirstein
>> Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS
>> Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
>> D-10589 Berlin
>> e-mail:
>> fabian.kirstein at fokus.fraunhofer.de<mailto:fabian.kirstein at fokus.fraun
>> hofer.de>
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>
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