Roles and permissions

Modified on Thu, 26 Mar at 2:58 PM

This guide describes the access and permisions of different roles users have when interacting with projects on the WildObs Platform.

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Role descriptions

Role	Description
Admin	This role is reserved for platform technical staff.
Principal investigator	Person responsible for the project. Has access to all sections within a project.
Project coordinator	Daily manager of the project. Typically handles users and oversees processing. Access all sections except export data.
Taxonomic expert	An expert at identifying animals who will validate or correct observations entered by other users. No access to project settings, sampling management, user management and export data.
Photo processor	Can upload new deployments, annotate sequences and browse deployments assigned to the user.
Volunteer	Can annotate already imported deployments but not upload new material or browse deployments.
View only	Can only view deployments, sequences and annotations in the project but not change anything.
Dummy	This role is assigned to user accounts that are automatically generated when a nonregistered user is used as an attribute of a deployment. For example, a field technician that doesn’t use the platform but did set up the camera.
Awaiting access	When a registered user request access to a project, but this request was not yet accepted or rejected.

Volunteer, View only, Dummy and Awaiting access have none of the above permissions.