Rights UI Requirements

• Visibility
  • Local
  • Global

• Level
  • Page
  • Space
  • Wiki

• Status
  • Default(represent it)
  • Allow
  • Deny

• Assignee
  • User
    • Unregistered
    • Registered
  • Group 

• Actions
  • View existing rights: default, allowed/denied given rights
  • Add specific rules
  • Remove the specific added rules

Considerations

• Describe more explicit the rights meaning (they apply to pages/objects/etc?)
  • Remind the user what each right signifies
  • Use Details overlays (tooltips) to do that
• Rights visualization
  • Show Default rights 
  • Show Inherited rights
  • Specify that we have rights for document creators
• How to set a page with specific rights
  • http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/XWikiRights
• Users and groups can be either managed in the global wiki (xwiki: prefix) or in the local wiki, or in both
  • We need a visual way to distinguish the global and local groups (hidding the xwiki: prefix)

• They should not go from one view to another, but they should be able to see the inheritance they got from upper levels:
  • If users only have the space admin right then they are only directed to the space admin.
    • They cannot switch space from this admin. 
  • Global admin are directed to the usual interface which gives access to the global and space admins.
  • An administrator should be able to disable per page access rights.

• Apply button for Rights management
  • It would be better if we have a "Apply" and "Cancel" buttons so we can do the changes but only commit when we click on the apply/submit button

• Disable actions that you don't have the right for it
  • http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XE-498

Use cases

• How do I make my XWiki hidden/private? (only registered users can view/edit)
• How do I make my XWiki locked? (admins only can create a new account)
• Many mistakes are made when managing rights because:
  • the meaning of the different fields is not clear
  • which text to enter in the fields is not clear
  • the cascading of the rights between xwiki, space and document is not clear
• We need the following improvements:
  • Easier access to user and groups. Select or add any user or groups. Add to groups on the fly.
  • Easier understanding of view/edit/comment/admin rights
  • Visual understanding of rights inheritance (rights from the upper level replace or not at the current level)
• view all the rights on the wiki (global rights + space specific rights + pages specific rights)

• Display rights in:
  • Rights Administration for Wiki Level
  • Rights Administration for Space Level
  • Rights Administration for Page Level -> Edit - Rights
  • User Profile 

Users & Groups

Rights Visualization