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The user accounts are used to sign data at the time it is uploaded. When the data is uploaded to the servers, they verify the signed data to ensure the user is permitted to write. So generally, user only needs to sign in (or use a user file) to sign the data for an upload, not for download. We have other services (and more on the horizon) that will require signing in, but we do not plan to require signing in for downloading. If you try out the GUI, some of the additional functionality will become clearer (hopefully). --[[User:Bryan E. Smith|Bryan E. Smith]] | The user accounts are used to sign data at the time it is uploaded. When the data is uploaded to the servers, they verify the signed data to ensure the user is permitted to write. So generally, user only needs to sign in (or use a user file) to sign the data for an upload, not for download. We have other services (and more on the horizon) that will require signing in, but we do not plan to require signing in for downloading. If you try out the GUI, some of the additional functionality will become clearer (hopefully). --[[User:Bryan E. Smith|Bryan E. Smith]] | ||
Great - so, maybe, one "canonical" example of a PGP data set available via Tranche would be helpful. We should probably put data behind passwords and then remove passwords once the initial batch of publications come out. We never thought this would be an issue but, happily, our "volunteer" effort has moved ahead very quickly! For example, we want to get http://genomerator.freelogy.org/~awz/pgp2-FC_00037_L002/ into the system (about 100GB) and put it behind a password. Later, can we retrieve just a few files from the upload? If data is uploaded with different user credentials, how do we get statistics on what data ''exactly'' is being stored by the PGP? It's late sorry to ask so many questions that might already be answered in FAQs. --[[User:Alexander Wait Zaranek|AWZ]] 01:17, 17 December 2008 (EST) |
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It sounds like the Tranche user accounts are not required for downloading public data sets? What about automated uploads? --AWZ 11:23, 10 December 2008 (EST)
Correct. Public data sets can be downloaded without signing up for a Tranche account. Private data sets can also be downloaded without a Tranche user account as long as the person provides the password that was used to encrypt the data. Automated uploads are possible, and have been set up for some groups already, with the command-line tools (http://tranche.proteomecommons.org/users/command-line-clients.html). --James A. Hill 00:04, 17 December 2008 (EST)
The user accounts are used to sign data at the time it is uploaded. When the data is uploaded to the servers, they verify the signed data to ensure the user is permitted to write. So generally, user only needs to sign in (or use a user file) to sign the data for an upload, not for download. We have other services (and more on the horizon) that will require signing in, but we do not plan to require signing in for downloading. If you try out the GUI, some of the additional functionality will become clearer (hopefully). --Bryan E. Smith
Great - so, maybe, one "canonical" example of a PGP data set available via Tranche would be helpful. We should probably put data behind passwords and then remove passwords once the initial batch of publications come out. We never thought this would be an issue but, happily, our "volunteer" effort has moved ahead very quickly! For example, we want to get http://genomerator.freelogy.org/~awz/pgp2-FC_00037_L002/ into the system (about 100GB) and put it behind a password. Later, can we retrieve just a few files from the upload? If data is uploaded with different user credentials, how do we get statistics on what data exactly is being stored by the PGP? It's late sorry to ask so many questions that might already be answered in FAQs. --AWZ 01:17, 17 December 2008 (EST)