The Synapse Web Client provides a mechanism for end users to create and review access restrictions on entities.

The following design fulfills SWC-52, SWC-121, SWC-157, SWC-159, SWC-160.

Adding Data to Synapse through the Web Client

Clicking "Tools > Upload File..." (or other mechanisms to trigger setting entity content / annotations?) opens a modified version of the current file upload dialog, reminding users of their obligations to restrict data:

The "guidelines" hyperlink takes the user to the detailed rules for restricting data. Clicking "Upload Restricted" results in (1) uploading the data, (2) launching the same dialog as when clicking the "About" hyperlink below.

The entity page for a data object having no access restrictions appears as follows:

If the user is logged in, pressing the "Flag" button triggers this dialog:

Clicking the hyperlink will open a JIRA issue (in a dedicated, publicly readable JIRA project) prompting the user to give additional info, e.g. the reason for flagging the data.

If the user is not logged in, they are prompted to do so, then to return to the dialog.

A user may also click the "About..." hyperlink, which pops up another dialog. The dialog which appears depends on whether the user has admin access (more specifically 'change-permission' access) to the entity. If the user has administrative access, then the dialog appears as:

Clicking "Contact ACT" will open a JIRA issue (in a dedicated Jira project) prompting the user to give additional info about the nature of the dataset, for use by the ACT in setting access restrictions. Also, download access is prevented (this restriction being removable by the ACT).

If the user does NOT have administrative access to the data, the the following dialog appears:

The entity page for a data object having access restrictions appears as follows:

The flag button is only enabled if the user is logged in, and works as described above.

Clicking the About hyperlink, if the user has not fulfilled the terms of use, displays a dialog:

(This example is for a "tier 2" restriction. The dialog for a "tier 3" restriction is slightly different. The details are described here: Data Restriction and Access Management)

If the user has already fulfilled the terms of use, the dialog will appear as:

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