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• External Authentication ID – permits logging in by the External Authentication system.
  NOTE: Two User Accounts may not have the same External Authentication ID
• Password – permits logging in by the Internal Authentication system.
• Matching ID – value can be used to associate the User Account with a profile page.

Associating User Accounts with Profile Pages

Each User Account may be associated with an Individual in the VIVO data model. The display page for that Individual is known as the “profile” for that User Account.

A common use of this feature is matching a profile to each member of the campus community. When a user logs in to VIVO, they are directed to their profile page, and are authorized to edit the information on that page.

To associate profiles with user accounts,

1. set selfEditing.idMatchingProperty in runtime.properties to the URI of the datatype property whose values will be used to associate profiles to accounts.  A common choice is the university "net id" or other local identifier.
2. For each user that will have a corresponding account, set the value of the idMatchingProperty on the user's profile.
3. Set the value of Matching ID on the user's account to the value on the user's profile.

User Roles

In VIVO there are four user roles that can be assigned: administrator, curator, editor, and self-editor. Future releases will allow VIVO administrators to create additional roles. Permissions provided to roles will determine access options available to user accounts within VIVO. It is important to consider what a new user’s role may be, prior to setting up the new account.

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System Administrator –- In addition to the abilities of the Curator, the Administrator may access the menu management, user accounts, and advanced data tools features. The advanced data tools section include the ingest menu, Add/Remove RDF data, RDF export, SPARQL query, and SPARQL query builder privileges.

Associating User Accounts with Profile Pages

Each User Account may be associated with an Individual in the VIVO data model. The display page for that Individual is known as the “profile” for that User Account.

A common use of this feature is matching a profile to each member of the campus community. When a user logs in to VIVO, they are directed to their profile page, and are authorized to edit the information on that page.

To associate profiles with user accounts,

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The Root User Account

Each VIVO installation has a special User Account, called the root account. The root account has no Role. Nonetheless, the root account is authorized:

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