The single access point is based on GeoPortal4everybody bus component and SimpleCMS Social Network Content Manager. The single access point is at http://portal.naturnet.org/. SimpleCMS is described further in this document.
Fig. 2 – Example of the SimpleCMS interface.
The bus includes single authorisation (Fig. 3) and interconnection of components.
Fig. 3 – Authorisation.
The authorisation module supports authorisation into all components (Fig. 4) of the system. Geoportal has three basic levels of users:
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Guests
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Registered users
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Administrator
Guest can access the information accessible through the Home page, which is prepared using SimpleCMS and he can also discover information and services and view information, which is publicly accessible through the portal or interconnected portals. Detail information about discovery and visualisation is in the section focused on Catalogue and Map (HSLayers client).
You can also login from the Guest menu (see part of authorisation).
Registered users can:
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Use all the functionalities of Guest users (they have access also to authorized context additionally)
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Edit metadata using metadata editor (MiCKA = Metadata editor).
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Upload data on the server and manage databases (DataMan = Data Management as part of Geohosting).
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Publish data and prepare data composition (MapMan = Map composer as part of Geohosting).
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Publish non-spatial information (using Metadata extractor).
Administrator has the following functionality:
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All functionality of the registered users
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Modifying of Home part of portal using SimpleCMS tool
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Managing of users of the portal
