User Rights Management for Curation of STAC Catalog¶
The idea is to allows users from different institutions to only edit their items and collections. this should ensure integrity of the catalog and provide the required trust users that access data through the catalog and its services or only rely on the provided metadata.
As first implementation we use basic HTTP authentication and an authorization based on the collection IDs. Access to the catalog is offered per institution and each institution gets a prefix, that has to be used for collection IDs. The prefix only indicated the maintainer of the collection and its items, while the data can be provided or owned by other institutions. The required details are offered through the provider metadata of the collection and items.
The first three institutions are
DKRZ with the prefix
DKRZJSC with the prefix
JSCMPI-Met with the prefix
MPI
We will add further institutions as required and as they join the catalog. There are also admin users, that can modify and interact all catalog entries.
Joining as a Data Provider¶
For the current implementation time, we are using basic HTTP authentication. The addition of new users is currently done manually, please contact Kameswar Rao Modali. While the accounts are intended as institutional accounts, we will together create the credentials and define a prefix.
Free Access for Catalog Browsing¶
The browsing and searching of the catalog is open to everyone and does not require any credentials.