User & Project Management
Overview
Robust user and project management is foundational to the platform’s functionality, enabling seamless collaboration, secure access control, and meaningful attribution. This layer supports identity, access, and workspace governance — ensuring that individual researchers, teams, institutions, and external partners can all work together efficiently.
Core Requirements
1. Authentication & Identity
- Email & password login with 2FA
- OAuth integrations: ORCID, Google, GitHub, LinkedIn
- Institutional login via SAML for universities and research centers
- Account linking for unified identity across platforms
- Optional anonymous user mode for open peer review or public browsing
2. Researcher Profiles
- ORCID sync: Pull in publication history, affiliations, grants
- Profile elements: Name, institution, field, bio, keywords, photo
- Activity feed: Recent projects, peer reviews, collaborations
- Citation & reputation metrics: Downloads, forks, endorsements, reproducibility score
- Public vs private profile modes
3. Project Spaces (Scientific Workspaces)
- Create, manage, and archive research projects
- Each space includes:
- Documents (manuscripts, notes)
- Code and datasets
- Discussion threads and comments
- Project metadata and citations
- Markdown/LaTeX/Jupyter-native authoring
- Linked collaborators, funding sources, and institutions
4. Permissions & Access Control
- Visibility settings: public, private, institutional-only, or invitation-only
- Role-based access:
- Owner, Admin, Contributor, Reviewer, Viewer
- Custom sharing: Invite external collaborators (with time-limited or read-only access)
- Fine-grained object-level control (e.g., allow code editing but restrict data downloads)
- Project-level audit log: View access history and changes by user
Why This Matters
Effective user and project management enables the kind of granular control, attribution, and governance required in modern scientific collaboration. By integrating identity verification, access control, and reputational incentives, this system ensures that researchers get credit for their work, while institutions maintain visibility and compliance.
User & Project Management
Overview
Robust user and project management is foundational to the platform’s functionality, enabling seamless collaboration, secure access control, and meaningful attribution. This layer supports identity, access, and workspace governance — ensuring that individual researchers, teams, institutions, and external partners can all work together efficiently.
Core Requirements
1. Authentication & Identity
2. Researcher Profiles
3. Project Spaces (Scientific Workspaces)
4. Permissions & Access Control
Why This Matters
Effective user and project management enables the kind of granular control, attribution, and governance required in modern scientific collaboration. By integrating identity verification, access control, and reputational incentives, this system ensures that researchers get credit for their work, while institutions maintain visibility and compliance.