Use Case 32 - Transfer Object Ownership
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- Goal
- User or organization takes over ‘ownership’ of a set of objects (write
access for orphaned records), or the existing owner of an object would
like to transfer ownership to another principal.
- Summary
- Ownership transfer needs to be supported so that all there is always someone
that has the ability to manage the object. There are many circumstances w
where such changes are required, and the DataONE infrastructure should
support this operation both technically and operationally.
- Actors
- Current and new data owner
- Data managers
- Preconditions
- Content exists in the DataONE system
- Owner wants to transfer ownership role
- Organization needs to take control of objects (owner no longer filling
that role)
- Triggers
- Current owner no longer able to fill that role
- Post Conditions
- Object ownership has been changed
- Updated to roles updated through the federation
Figure 1. Interactions for use case 32. User or organization takes over
‘ownership’ of a set of objectsn(write access for orphaned records).
Notes
- Q. Is there an authority for any given data/metadata object? A. The
authority for any object is expressed in the system metadata element
SystemMetadata.rightsHolder.