You just pick the logical set of data and define the people it needs to be shared with, then we create the project for you and update the list of people as time goes on so that it's always correct. They're a secure, convenient way to share data.
/project/ccbadmin/
/dtooke/
/emacmahon/
/shared/
Each member of the project gets their own directory, which can be used to store project data which doesn’t typically need to be shared; anyone in the project can read it, but only the owner can add or remove data. Each project additionally gets a shared directory which is for data which will be used by multiple people, and anyone can create new directories and files in it. New data which is created in the project space is automatically added to the correct group so that only the project members can see it.
Please ask the PI in charge of the project to contact us via help@imm.ox.ac.uk and ask for your username to be added.
You should aim to create a collaboration project for a set of logically connected data, e.g. a specific research project. Creating a collaboration project for a list of people and then thinking about the data they may want to share will risk that you end up with poorly defined data boundries and have to unentangle the data at a future data.
You should create a new collaboration project for each logically separate set of data. Adding different data to an existing collaboration project and then adding more people will likely lead to the same problems described above.
Please tell us if the permissions on the data in your project aren’t working for you. Trying to work around an issue on your own is more likely to make the problem worse and take longer overall.
Please tell us if someone leaves the project and no longer needs access to the data. Leaving accounts with access to data they don’t need is a security and privacy risk.
1. Decide the purpose of the project. Each project should be for a single requirement, e.g. data for a lab or data for a research project. If different people need access to different logical data sets, these should be multiple projects. Simmarly, if the same people need access to different logical data sets, these should also be multiple projects
2. Choose a name for the project that isn’t already in use in /project/
3. Decide which user accounts should have access to the data
4. Send an e-mail to help@imm.ox.ac.uk with the details
5. We’ll set up the project and add the members; each member will get a welcome e-mail
/home/some_directory/USERNAME/ : ideal for small private data such as documents or configuration files which are private to you
/project/project1/USERNAME/ : used to store data which is part of project1 but won’t typically be used by other people
/project/project1/shared/ : used to store data which is part of project1 and is likely to be used by multiple people