[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Evergreen Permissions descriptions/map/matrix documentation?

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Deborah,

Absolutely agree with you too!

ORG_TYPE_CREATE
ORG_TYPE_DELETE
ORG_TYPE_UPDATE

Much better!  Sounds like you should be the DIG Style Coordinator!


On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Deborah Hensler <hensler at hslc.org> wrote:
> Hi, Robert,
>
> 1) I would love to see the copied permissions become actual
> descriptions! I also don't like the varied terms used. Terminology
> (allow or enable) should be consistent as well as plural or singular.
>
> 2) I was the person at the conference DIG meeting who brought up
> listing the applicable permission(s) in the official documentation.
> It's a project I'm in the very early stages of as we move toward
> working with our first library. I volunteered at the meeting to take
> that on and will share as soon as I'm further along.
>
> Also, I have created a permission matrix, still to be tested, but I'm
> not sure it's what you're looking for here. We have developed specific
> permission groups and the matrix lists those groups (Circ Clerk, Circ
> Staff, Circ Supervisor, etc.) and their permissions. If that is what
> you're thinking of and would like to see it I'd be happy to share.
> Right now it's untested and I'm guessing on some, like those with no
> description.
>
> On a different topic, I wonder if anyone else wonders about usability
> of the current format of permissions, e.g,:
> CREATE_ORG_TYPE
> DELETE_ORG_TYPE
> UPDATE_ORG_TYPE
>
> Speaking as an old indexer, I would find it more helpful if they were
> listed as:
> ORG_TYPE_CREATE
> ORG_TYPE_DELETE
> ORG_TYPE_UPDATE
>
> That would keep all of the permissions relating to one function
> together instead of having to go through the list to find them. I
> realize that's a bit beyond the scope of this discussion, but wanted
> to put it out there to see if I'm the only one thinking this way.
>
> Debbie
>
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