What is a "collection”: A collection is an organization of resources that a user may or may not have submitted or have rights to. Examples of collections might include: "Cape Cod Archaeology”, “SRP Digital Library”, "Jim’s interesting resources"
What is a “share”: A share is a group of resources that allows a user or a group to assign rights to a person or group of people.
| Share | Collection | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has title | X | X | |
| Has description | X | X | |
| Hierarchical (can have parent) | X | X | |
| Display Properties | |||
| Viewable when not logged in | X | ||
| Sortable | X | The owner can specify the sort-order of resources (title, resource type, etc) | |
| different display orientation | X | The owner can specify how resources are displayed (map, image grid, list) | |
| can be "white label" | X | Custom display settings for the collection page including header and featured resources | |
| Rights & Permissions | |||
| can add things that the user doesn’t have rights to | X | ||
| delegate rights to resources to other users | X | (how collections currently work today) | |
| allow timed access | X | Allow access to resources in a collection for a week or fixed period of time | |
| multi-user | X | X | Allow multiple users to administer a collection or share |
| can inherit permissions | X | Allow a “parent” to delegate rights to a share or a collection | |
| View resources | X | Allow a user to view resources based on permissions | |
| Download files | X | Allow a user to download resources based on permissions | |
| add to | X | X | Specific permission to allow users to add resources |
| remove from | X | X | Specific permission to allow users to remove resources |
| administer | X | X | Specific permission to allow users to administer the collection/share |