Data Model¶
The Curator software works with the following types of entities.
Catalog Record¶
Catalog records contain one or more files and metadata describing a study and its data.
Data File¶
Data files contain quantitative data, and may be in plain text, Excel, Stata, SPSS, or other formats.
Other Material¶
Other Material is any file other than a data file. Examples include codebooks and readme files. Other Materials can be attached to Catalog Records.
Organization¶
An organization contains one or more users.
User¶
The Curator software has different types of users. A user belongs to an organization and has one or more permissions.
Permissions¶
The following permissions can be assigned to users. These permissions can be combined to create different roles.
Assign permissions to other users
View all catalog records
Assign curators to catalog records
Edit organization details
Create catalog records
Upload files
Perform curation tasks
Request catalog record publication
Approve catalog records for publication
View private content
View published content
Create users
Modify users