Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of metadataworkflow

Timestamp:

12/12/11 01:36:42 (13 years ago)

Author:

simonp

Comment:

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metadataworkflow

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 == Motivations ==
 
-GeoNetwork already has some components of a metadata workflow in the form of:
+!GeoNetwork already has some components of a metadata workflow in the form of:
 
  * users have a profile that gives them different levels of privilege over a metadata record eg. only a content reviewer (or admin) profile user can assign rights to a metadata record that would allow an unregistered user to see the record in search ie. only a content reviewer can assign rights to the special GeoNetwork groups 'All' or 'Internet'
 
-This proposal adds:
+This proposal adds to these components with:
+
  * a status value for any metadata record describing its current state in a lifecycle that ranges from 'Draft' or 'Unknown' through 'Submitted', 'Approved', 'Rejected' and 'Retired' - the history of status changes is kept in the MetadataStatus table ie. the most recent status change is the current status.
  * Users with different profiles can set the status on one record through the or any number of selected records through the 'Actions on selected records'