Dataset Collections

What is a collection?

The FAIR Collections feature allows datasets to be grouped together into user defined collections.

Collection Permissions

By default the only role with collection permissions is the Data Steward. These are granted across all collections and users with this role can:

• Create collections
• Edit collections
• Delete collections
• Add other users as collaborators on individual collections
• Add and remove datasets from collections

As with all FAIR permissions, users can add these to custom roles to meet their own requirements.

Managing a Collection

Creating a Collection

Data Stewards can create a new collection by selecting 'New Collection' from the 'Administer' drop down.

This will open a new tab to create the collection:

At this point the user can add a name, description, and logo for the collection. When saved these are added and the collection is created.

Adding collaborators

Once the collection is created the Data Steward can add collaborators by choosing the Share option on the collection screen.

They can give other users the following permissions:

• Can Add Datasets - this allows users to add and remove datasets to the specific collection
• Can Edit - Users can edit the collection details
• Full Control - Users can add and remove datasets, edit collection details and delete the collection

Unlike the Data Steward, these permissions only relate to the Collections the user has been added to, they do not apply across all collections.

Collection management

Users with appropriate permissions have the following options for managing collections:

• Edit - allows users to update the collection name, description and change the image
• Add - allows users to add a dataset to the collection. There is no limit to the number of collections a dataset can be added to.
• Share - add additional users as collaborators
• History - provides an audit history of the collection
• Delete - this deletes the collection. Deleting the collection does not delete the collected datasets.

Collection Visibility

Once created, a Collection is visible to all users of FAIR. However, datasets retain their existing visibility when added to a collection. Users can only see datasets within a collection that they already have permission to view. For example, if a private dataset is added to a collection, then only users who have been explicitly granted access to it will be able to see it as part of the collection.

Viewing Collections

Users will be able view collections in a number of places in the FAIR user interface. In addition to navigating directly to the Collections view, search results will also list the collections a dataset is part of, and the dataset page will also include links to all collections a dataset is part of.