Basic Definition

Datasets

Are entities containing metadata (top-level information about the dataset as a whole, such as Title, description, Teams, and topics it belongs to) and Data Files

Data Files

Data file can either be a tabular file (CSV, Excel, JSON, TSV, or XML file) or a Layer

Datasets

Are entities containing metadata (top-level information about the dataset as a whole, such as Title, description, Teams, and topics it belongs to) and Data Files

Data Files

Data file can either be a tabular file (CSV, Excel, JSON, TSV, or XML file) or a Layer

Layer(s)

A data file that contains map definition; contains metadata describing a map, map configuration, and how it should be rendered or displayed.

Teams

Teams is an owned entity with a collection of Datasets. By owned entity, a Team has an admin user, Editor, and members. Based on which users on the platform have privileges to access, update a Dataset belonging to the Team

Topics

Topics provide the means to group individually or collectively owned Datasets as a single collection. A topic is also an entity with sub-topics, unlike a team, it has no user entity or user hierarchy.

Tags

Tags are keywords used to identify a collection of Datasets.

System Admin

A power user, who has admin access to all entities on the platform.

Organization Admin

A user, who is in charge of a Team, has the power to add new and delete users and can view all private dataset

Editor

A user under a Team, have access to edit and view Dataset (including private ones). But does not have the power to Add or delete another user

Member

A user belonging to a specific Team

Collaborator

A user belonging to a team or not, but added to work on or supervise a Dataset belonging to a specific team.