User Roles
April 21, 2022 ยท View on GitHub
There are many views (also known as panes) available through the Databrowser that provide access to a wealth of functionality. However, users can sometimes feel overwhelmed by the large number of available options when accessing resources within their Pod.
To improve the user experience, not to mention the onboarding process for new users, the Databrowser views that are displayed for a particular resource are based on the user's selected role(s). By default, all users can view all of the standard social views. Selecting one or more optional advanced role(s) (see Roles) enables more advanced views:
- Developer -- View Data, N3, and RDF views of the data.
- Power User -- View additional Databrowser views such as Note Pad and Meeting.
Notes:
- An exception may be made to the views displayed for a given resource if it makes sharing resources easier.
- Your selected role(s) are be stored in your settings which are private by default.
Below is a table that documents the existing Databrowser views and the user types that are associated with them.
| View Name | Description | User Type |
|---|---|---|
 Address Book | Displays a list of personal contacts. | Default |
| Basic Preferences | Configure your preferences. | Default |
 Chat - Long | A long chat session. | Default |
 Chat - Short | A short chat session. Used by the Meeting view. | Power User |
 Data | Display the resource using a Data view. | Developer |
 Dokieli | Clientside editor for decentralised article publishing, annotations and social interactions. | Default |
 Folder | Display the resources within the container in a tree-view. | Default |
| Form | Render a Form based on a Form Language model. | Power User |
 Home | Displays the user's Home view. | Default |
 Issue Tracker | A configurable issue tracker. | Power User |
 Meeting | A single meeting. | Power User |
 N3 | Display the resource in Notation3 (N3) language. | Developer |
 Note Pad | A note pad. | Power User |
| Playlist | An audio playlist. | Power User |
| Profile | Your public profile. | Default |
 RDF/XML | Display the resource as RDF/XML. | Developer |
 Schedule | A scheduled event. | Power User |
 Sharing | Display/update the sharing permissions for the resource. | Default |
 Slideshow | Display a slideshow of the images contained within the container. | Power User |
 Social | Your friends. | Default |
 Source | Display the source of a resource. | Default |
| Trusted Applications | Applications that are trusted to access your Pod. | Default |
 Under the Hood | Access 'under the hood' functionality regarding the resource. Additionally, allows you to delete a resource. | Developer |
| Video | Display videos. | Default |