[ckan-dev] Authorisation - making datasets public

Mon Jun 9 03:37:18 UTC 2014

Thanks Rodrigo,
                What you describe sounds like it would work for us.

However, I'd like to bump this for a response from the CKAN team as well - is the original issue described an error in the documentation (ie.  Docs should say editor can make public/private, not just admin)
OR
is this a change that is forthcoming in version 2.3 (public/private setting ablity will be limited to Admins)?

Cheers
Aaron
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 09:48:35 -0400
From: Rodrigo Parra <rodpar07 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [ckan-dev] Authorisation - making datasets public
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Hi Aaron,

I came across the same issue in the past week, I also needed making datasets public to be an admin-only feature.
Currently, I think both editors and admins of an organization can create public datasets. So I've implemented a this feature as part of a CKAN extension I'm developing.

What I did was:

   - Remove the visibility select field from the dataset form. (for all
   users but the sysadmin).
   - Create all datasets as private (except if the dataset was created by
   the sysadmin, in which case the chosen visibility is used).
   - Show the visibility select field in the dataset edit form if the user
   is an organization admin (or the sysadmin).

So basically, users create private datasets and admins "approve and publish" the datasets ("Manage" -> set visibility to public).
This is the github commit that includes these changes:
 https://github.com/rparrapy/ckanext-datospy/commit/92fa82141d62e96040322a7e06985a97774f5774<https://github.com/rparrapy/ckanext-datospy/commit/92fa82141d62e96040322a7e06985a97774f5774>

And here's a link to some documentation I've written about it:
http://datosparaguay.org/xwiki/bin/view/herramientas/ckan_autorizacion
I'm sorry but:

   - It is in spanish. Google translated version here: http://goo.gl/1dGsJ9
   - It references some documents that might not be publicly available yet.

Hope this helps. Regards,
Rodrigo

2014-05-27 21:10 GMT-04:00 Aaron McGlinchy <
McGlinchyA at landcareresearch.co.nz>:

> Hi,
>     Documentation for CKAN 2.2.
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/ckan-2.2/user-guide.html#users-organizations-a
> nd-authorization
>
> States "In the default setup, this dataset is initially private, and
> visible only to other users in the same organization. When it is ready
> for publication, it can be published at the press of a button. This
> may require a higher authorization level within the organization."
>
> Suggesting there may be some differentiation in what roles can make a
> dataset public.
>
> This documentation (for CKAN 2.3?) is more explicit
> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/maintaining/authorization.html
>
> "An organization admin can:
> ...
> - Make datasets public or private.
> ..."
>
> And this is the only role with that ability listed.
>
> In our install of CKAN 2.2 a user with role editor is able to create a
> dataset and make it public or private, they can also switch datasets
> that another user uploaded from private to public.  Is there a setting
> that can limit the ability to make datasets public to only admin
> users? And/or is this something that is coming in 2.3?
>
> Thanks
> Aaron
>
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