Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Organization

Timestamp:

Sep 3, 2009, 3:25:34 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

heikki

Comment:

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Organization

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+= Organization in GeoNetwork's domain model (originating from [http://nationaalgeoregister.nl Nationaal Georegister]) =
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+|| '''Date''' || 2009/09/03 ||
+|| '''Contact(s)''' || [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Heikki Heikki Doeleman] ||
+|| '''Last edited''' || [[Timestamp]] ||
+|| '''Status''' || draft ||
+|| '''Assigned to release''' || 2.5 ||
+|| '''Resources''' || The work may be done in the NGR project ||
+
+== Overview ==
+ 
+In !GeoNetwork there is no concept of "Organization". In [http://nationaalgeoregister.nl NGR] and in [http://www.geocat.ch/ SwissTopo] the concept was needed and has been implemented as a small addition to the existing notion of "Group". It would be better, though, to not mix up those two concept and implement Organization as a first-class citizen in !GeoNetwork's domain model.[[BR]][[BR]]
+An Organizations page lists all the organizations in your !GeoNetwork node and provides a quick search link to search metadata by organization.[[BR]][[BR]]
+After [http://logs.qgis.org/geonetwork/%23geonetwork.2009-09-01.log this discussion on the IRC channel], I have made two class diagrams to be discussed, differing in how user roles are handled (see below). 
+
+=== Proposal Type ===
+ * '''Type''': GUI Change, Core Change
+ * '''App''': !GeoNetwork
+ * '''Module''': Data Manager, Group Manager, GUI
+
+=== Links ===
+ 
+ * '''Email discussions''': on geonetwork-devel: [http://n2.nabble.com/Proposals-to-include-NGR-functionality-to-GeoNetwork-trunk-td3365623.html#a3365623 "Proposals to include NGR functionality to GeoNetwork trunk"]
+ * '''IRC discussions''': [http://logs.qgis.org/geonetwork/%23geonetwork.2009-09-01.log September 1st, 2009 on GeoNetwork's IRC channel]
+
+=== Voting History ===
+
+ * None as yet
+
+----
+
+== Motivations ==
+The motivations for these changes are :
+
+'''1.''' The notion of Organization is lacking in !GeoNetwork's domain model[[BR]]
+'''2.''' The Organization Page gives more exposure to organizations publishing metadata and services, and improves search functionality[[BR]]
+
+== Proposal == 
+
+The first class diagram extends my original proposal [here] in order to allow for "departments", i.e. an Organization that has a parent Organization. It also explicitly models the system groups "all", "intranet" and "guest", which are Groups but are not Organizations.
+
+The second class diagram builds on the first one but has the added feature that a User may have more than 1 <Organization, !UserRole> combination. This combination is called a Participant. Every User is associated with at least one Participant. A Participant has 1 !UserRole and participates in 1 Group, and is the type of entity that can be logged in. This way, a User can act with more than one role in one or more Groups. A Group of course can have any number of Participants.
+
+The Organization page as it is in [http://nationaalgeoregister.nl NGR] is reprinted here:
+
+=== Backwards Compatibility Issues ===
+
+'''1.''' a database change is required. SQL script to update existing DBs will be available[[BR]]
+'''2.''' a database content change is required. A migration script to update existing DB's content will be available[[BR]]
+
+== Risks ==
+
+== Participants ==
+ * As above
+