Hiding item metadata fields

[Fitchett, Deborah]

Kia ora,

 

In DSpace 5.x we can edit the config file to specify certain metadata fields that can only be viewed by an Administrator, eg

metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance = true

 

We’ve belatedly realised that this means literally in the Administrator group – ie if someone’s instead in a group with community/collection admin rights, they still can’t see this metadata.

 

Is there any chance (wishful thinking…) that there’s a way in DSpace 7.x to specify metadata fields that can be seen by collection administrators while remaining hidden to the public?

 

Deborah

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[Tim Donohue]

Hi Deborah,

At this time, the behavior is the same in DSpace 7 as in DSpace 5.  The "metadata.hide" settings will hide the metadata field from everyone except full Administrators.  See the docs at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Configuration+Reference#ConfigurationReference-HidingMetadata

There have been some occasional discussions of setting permissions on metadata fields...but that has no immediate plans because it's rather complex.

Tim

[Fitchett, Deborah]

Hi Tim,

 

That’s a shame, but understandable! Many thanks for the confirmation.

 

Deborah

 

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