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Resource Configuration & Metadata

Once a resource is created in Coscine, it can be edited as often as required by the project owners. With the resource configuration, they have the option of directly accessing data of the underlying storage medium, in addition to adjusting the metadata parameters and general resource settings.

Resource Configuration Menu

You can access the Resource configuration page by clicking on the button next to the pencil button in the Resource Content View page or your project dashboard (see figure 1). Once in the configuration, you can also directly select other resources of the project to edit them. To do so, switch to another resource via the left drop-down menu.

Figure 1 - The ‘Show resource configuration’ button

The configuration dashboard provides an overview of all relevant information about the resource. For S3 resources, the access keys and secret keys are also displayed.

Tab with the following configuration options for the resource: Display name, resource type, persistent ID, resource description, discipline, metadata visibility, bucket name, access key (read), secret key (read), access key (write), secret key (write), endpoint, and quota.

Figure 2 - Resource configurations

Resource Settings

In the upper area of the resource configuration you can see the most important key data of your resource. This includes: Resource name, Display name, Resource Type, Persistent Identifier and Quota. Under "Quota" you can see the quota available to the resource in relation to the storage already used. You can switch to the project's quota management tool via the cogwheel next to the quota field.

Resource Configuration

The resource configuration tab displays the data of the underlying storage medium that is important for the resource (see figure below).

  • Web: Resource name and allocated storage
  • Linked Data: no integrated storage, therefore the setup tab is not available

The “Resource Configuration” tab in the Coscine menu with settings for name, type, licence and quota.

Figure 3 - Tab "Setup" in the resource configuration

Resource Metadata

Here you get an overview of the general information you entered during the resource creation (see figure below). You can update the data here or delete the resource by clicking on Delete.

The “Setup” tab of the resource configuration in Coscine with selection options for storage locations and access types.

Figure 4 - Tab "General Information" in the resource configuration tool

Metadata Profile

Here you can edit the Metadata Profile for your resource. This includes, for example, assigning default values and activating or deactivating metadata fields (for more information see Add Resource).

'Metadata profile' section of the resource configuration with selection and editing of metadata fields in Coscine.

Figure 5 - Tab "Metadata" in the resource configuration tool

Actions

The actions tab provides the tools Archive Resource, Local Metadata Copy and Delete Resource.(see figure below).

'Actions' tab in the configuration menu with the options Archive resource, Copy metadata and Delete resource.

Figure 6 - Tab "Actions" in the resource configuration tool

Archiving

With the archive function, you can set the status of the resource to "archived". This means that data and metadata can no longer be changed by users. Reading and downloading the data is still possible. In the file overview, all metadata fields are now colored gray (see figure below) and can no longer be edited. To add or update data and metadata, the "Archived" status can be disabled by holders of the Project Owner role. Learn more about the archive feature in our Archiving guide.

An archived resource: metadata fields are greyed out, changes are no longer possible, only reading and downloading.

Figure 7 - Depiction of an archived resource