Background
Update: The API has been extended to apply to Evaluations as well as
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Entities.
Update: The API has been extended to apply to Teams. See Teams
Update: We allow updating of Access Requirements by the ACT. We allow Access Requirements to apply to Folders as well as Files. Entities inherit any access restrictions applies to Folders which contain them.
Update: We add inheritance of access requirements: Each entity inherits the access requirements of its ancestors (e.g. the Folder(s) containing a given File).
IRB-approved versions of all of the 'data access documents' :
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We introduce JSON schemas for the generic interfaces AccessApproval and AccessRequirement, and schemas for specific types, TermsOfUseAccessRequirement, TermsOfUseAccessApproval (for tier 2 data), ACTAccessRequirement, and ACTAccessApproval (for tier 3 data).
Services
| Action | URI | Method | Request Body | Authorization | ||
| create AccessRequirement | /accessRequirement | POST | extension of AccessRequirement.json | ACT membership | ||
| create 'lock' Access Requirement | /entity/{id}/lockAccessRequirement | POST | N/A | CREATE or UPDATE access to the entity | ||
| read paginated list of all AccessRequirement objects for an entity. This includes both requirements applied directly to the entity and those applied to its ancestors. | /entity/{entityId}/accessRequirement | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessRequirement> | ALL | ||
| read paginated list of all AccessRequirement objects for an evaluation | /evaluation/{evaluationId}/accessRequirement | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessRequirement> | ALL | ||
| read paginated list of all AccessRequirement objects for a team | /team/{teamId}/accessRequirement | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessRequirement> | ALL | ||
| retrieve Retrieve paginated list of unfufilled access requirements (of type DOWNLOAD) for an entity. This includes both requirements applied directly to the entity and those applied to its ancestors. | /entity/{entityId}/accessRequirementUnfulfilled | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessRequirement> | ALL | ||
| retrieve Retrieve paginated list of unfufilled access requirements (of type DOWNLOAD or PARTICIPATE) for an evaluation. | /evaluation/{evaluationId}/accessRequirementUnfulfilled | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessRequirement> | ALL | ||
| retrieve Retrieve paginated list of unfufilled access requirements (of type DOWNLOAD or PARTICIPATE) for a teamTeam. | /team/{teamId}/accessRequirementUnfulfilled | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessRequirement> | ALL | ||
| update AccessRequirement | /accessRequirement/{accessRqmtId} | PUT | extension of AccessRequirement.json | ACT membership | ||
| delete AccessRequirement (along with all approvals granted for the requirement) | /accessRequirement/{accessRqmtId} | DELETE | ---- | ACT membership | ||
| create AccessApproval | /accessApproval | POST | TermsOfUseAccessApprovalextension of SelfSignAccessApproval.json | ALL | ||
| ACTAccessApproval.json | ACT membership | |||||
| read Read all AccessApproval objects for a given entity. This includes the approvals both for the access requirements applied directly to the entity and those applies to the entity's ancestors. | /entity/{entityId}/accessApproval | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessApproval> | ACT membership | ||
| read all AccessApproval objects for a given evaluation | /evaluation/{evaluationId}/accessApproval | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessApproval> | ACT membership | ||
| read all AccessApproval objects for a given team | /team/{teamId}/accessApproval | GET | VariableContentPaginatedResults<AccessApproval> | ACT membership | ||
| delete AccessApproval | /accessApproval/{accessApprovalid} | DELETE | -- | ACT membershi membership
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Web UI
When a user clicks Download on the page for a Data object having a Terms of Use access requirement, they are presented with a dialog showing the text from the access requirement, as shown below. If they accept the terms, then an access approval is created and the Download link is presented.
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