Archive and Records Action Glossary

There are a number of actions that an account can take on records and archives in Permanent.org. These include:

Create

1. Uploading a file
2. Creating a new folder

Read

1. Navigating into a folder
2. Reading metadata for a specific folder
   
3. Reading metadata for a specific file
   
4. Downloading
   

Edit

1. Changing metadata on an existing folder
   
2. Changing metadata on an existing file

Delete

1. Deleting the contents of an existing folder
   
2. Deleting an existing file

Publish

1. Adding files to public folder
2. Adding folders to public folder

Move

1. Move an existing file
2. Move an existing folder

Move is only allowed within the topmost folder that move access is granted on. You cannot move across that boundary (but can copy & delete, if given appropriate permissions).

Share (share-level permissions)

1. Add archives to a shared item
   
2. Change archive access on a shared item
   
3. Remove archive access to a shared item

Edit Members (member level permissions)

1. Add members to an archive
2. Change member access to an archive
   
3. Remove member access to an archive

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