Documents Management

View, Edit, Publish

Summary

This guide provides a description of the web interface for viewing and managing documents .

Operations

Edit

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can modify the properties of a document with status Draft. See Permissions and Publication Flow for more information.

Publish

Users with Reviewer permission can publish a document with status Under Review.

Note

When a collected dataset is published, its associated study must also be published to update its inferred annotations. It is only during this process that list of variable annotations are collected.

Unpublish

Users with Reviewer permission can unpublish an already published document.

Delete

Users with Reviewer permission can delete a document with status Deleted.

Status Change

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can change the status of a document. See Publication Flow for more information.

Network Operations

Manage Contacts

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage (add/remove/edit) the list of contacts.

Manage Investigators

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of investigators.

Manage Studies

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of studies.

Manage Networks

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of networks.

Individual Study Operations

Manage Contacts

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage (add/remove/edit) the list of contacts. Manage InvestigatorsUsers with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of investigators.

Manage Populations

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of populations.

Manage Data Collection Events

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of data collection events of a population.

Manage Annotations

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of annotations. The list of annotations can be customized to include a subset of variable taxonomies. See the Content configurations in the administration section

Harmonization Initiative Operations

Manage Contacts

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage (add/remove/edit) the list of contacts.

Manage Investigators

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage the list of investigators.

Collected Dataset Operations

Manage Study Table

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage (add/remove/edit) the associated study table.

Harmonization Protocol Operations

Manage Study Tables

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission can manage (add/remove/edit) the list of study tables. This operation only applies to harmonization protocols having a collection of study tables.

Revisions

Summary

Each time a document is edited a new history revision is added. The revisions are ordered from the most recent (current) to the oldest. If the document is published, a star indicates which revision is currently online.

Operations

View

Shows a read-only view of the network of the selected revision.

Restore

Restores the selected revision by replacing the current document. This operation is tracked as a new revision.

Files

Summary

Mica File System is a repository of files associated with all Mica domain documents . Similar to their associated documents, files have a publication flow and history revisions. The publication flow can apply to one or a group of files. Folders can be used to organize and group files into logical hierarchies but do not represent real data and therefore some operations such as searching do not apply to them.

Operations

Status Change

Refer to Publication Flow page for details.

Rename

Users with Editor or Reviewer permission on the containing document can rename a File and Folder. Names cannot contain the following characters: $ / % #.

Copy

Selected files and folders can be copied and pasted in other folders.

Move

Selected files and folders can cut and pasted in other folders.

File Specific Operations

Upload

A file from the local file system can be uploaded into the selected folder in the Mica file system.

Download

A file from Mica file system can be download into the local file system.

Type Edition

File types can be considered as tags and are a comma separated list of keywords associated with a file. They can be edited in the file detailpanel.

Description Edition

File description is localized and can be edited in the file detail panel.

Folder Specific Operations

Folder Creation

Folders can added as a single folder ( baseline ) or in form of a path ( baseline/temp ).

Batch Operations

Operations such as copy, move and publication flow can be performed in batch mode when they are applied to a group of selected files and/or folders.

Draft Permissions

The following tables describe file and folder draft permissions:

File Permissions

Role

Description

Reader

Can only view and download a file.

Editor

Can only edit, download and change the status of a file.

Reviewer

All operations are permitted.

Folder Permissions

Role

Description

Reader

Can only view and download a folder.

Editor

Can only edit, download, change the status and upload files into a folder.

Reviewer

All operations are permitted.

Note

File permissions are inherited from their parent folder unless specified.

Publication Access

Publication access makes folders and files available to everyone.

Note

Publication access is only available if Mica content is not configured for open access.

Comments

Summary

All Mica domain documents can be commented on by all users with the proper permissions. The content can be pure text or in Markdown format.

Operations

Comment

The entered text (markdown) will be associated with the current document.

Preview

A preview of the rendered markdown text is presented.

Edit

The comment text can be updated and previewed.

Delete

Deletes the selected comment.

Permissions

Role

Description

Reader

Can add, edit and delete own comment. Can view comments of others.

Editor

Can add, edit and delete own comment. Can view comments of others.

Reviewer

Can add, edit and delete own comment. Can view comments of others.

Administrator

Can view, add, edit and delete all comments.

Permissions

Summary

Access to each publishable documents can be controlled. There are actually two sets of privileges:

  • permissions that apply to draft documents: only users having a permission on the draft document can see it,

  • accesses that apply to published documents: by default published documents are open access, i.e. anyone (even a anonymous web portal visitor) can see the publications. This setting Open access can be changed in the General.

Operations

Add Permission

Adding a permission gives a role to a named user or group of users on the draft document. The available roles are:

Role

Description

Reader

Read-only access to the document in draft mode with its revisions and its associated files.

Editor

Edit access to the document in draft mode with its revisions and its associated files. Publication or permanent deletion are not permitted.

Reviewer

Full access to the document, including its publication, permanent deletion and permissions.

Edit Permission

selected permission role can be modified.

Delete Permission

Delete selected permission.

Add Access

This operation is only available if the Open access general setting has been disabled. Adding an access gives the right to see the published document to a named user or group of users. As the Files permissions on the associated files can be managed independently, when adding an access there is an option for applying same access to all the files (selected by default). Note that user (or group) name * (star) is an alias for Anyone (or Any group ).

Delete Access

Delete selected access.