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User Documentation Overview

Welcome to the JLAB Document Management Repository (JDM-RDM) user guide portal. This documentation is designed to help collaboration members, researchers, and external users efficiently navigate, deposit, and manage scientific records and data.

Whether you are a new user logging in for the first time or a data manager organizing an experiment's collection, use the guides below to get started.

Guide Directory

🚀 Getting Started

Learn how to access the platform and understand our access control architecture:

  • Authentication & Login: Step-by-step instructions for logging in via CILogon using JLab CUE groups or external Federated Identities (COmanage).
  • Document Permissions: Understanding Public, Restricted (Community-Only), and Embargoed data visibility settings.

🏷️ Metadata & Data Deposit

Ensure your datasets and documents are compliant and discoverable:

  • Required metadata fields for publishing records.
  • Best practices for uploading files and datasets.

🔍 Search & Discovery Guide

Find exactly what you need within the repository:

  • How to use the search interface.
  • Utilizing query syntax to filter by community, author, etc.
  • Search for old docdb id and versions.

Help

Need administrative help?

If you need to map a new JLab LDAP group to a community, or require a new COmanage group for an external collaboration, please refer to our Contact Page to reach out to the system administration team.