The asset catalog enables CentraSite users to view and manage assets such as the Web services, XML schemas, XML services and REST services.
Provider users use the to view and manage their organization's assets, publish assets, edit asset details and assign permissions to assets.
Consumer and guest users use the tab to browse the catalog and search for assets.
The catalog functions as the central registry of reusable assets within a development environment. When initially installed, the CentraSite catalog supports several types of assets, such as Web services, XML schemas, XML services, REST services and application servers. However, an administrator can configure the catalog to hold additional assets that are customized for your environment. For example, the catalog at your site might be configured to hold items such as reusable Java libraries or portlets in addition to the basic set of assets that CentraSite supports.
Not all operations are allowed for all users. A user's role and the instance-level permissions on an asset determine which assets a user is allowed to see and what operations the user is allowed to perform on the asset.
As a consumer, provider or guest user, you can use the tab to browse or search for assets in the catalog by name, description, attribute values, asset types and/or taxonomy groups. You can also use this tab to view and edit the attributes for an asset.
You can browse or search for assets by using a keyword or by performing an advanced search that sorts and filters the results.
Each entry in the asset catalog represents a single asset. An entry is composed of a set of profiles. Each profile is a visual grouping of a set of attributes. An attribute provides information about an individual characteristic or property of an asset. The set of profiles that display for an asset, as well as the specific attributes that appear within the profiles, vary by asset type.
You can obtain a hierarchical view of assets, organized and filtered according to a selected taxonomy. Additionally, you can search for assets whose attributes contain a certain keyword (character string).
You can search for assets whose attributes contain a certain keyword (character string).
You can search for assets and supporting documents on the basis of several search criteria using logical AND/OR combinations.
All CentraSite users, including guests, have permission to browse the asset catalog. You do not need any explicit permissions to use the Asset Catalog area in the CentraSite Control user interface.
The set of assets available to you when you browse the Asset Catalog are the assets on which you have View permission. You can obtain View permission on an asset in the following ways:
By belonging to a role that includes any of the following permissions.
| This permission... | Allows you to... |
|---|---|
| View Assets | View all assets within a specified organization. |
| Modify Assets | View and edit all assets within a specified organization. |
| Manage Assets | View, edit and delete all assets within a specified organization, and set instance-level permissions on those assets. This permission also allows you to create assets. |
| Create Assets | Add new assets to a specified organization. You automatically receive Full permission (which implies Modify and View permission) on all assets that you create. |
By having View, Modify or Full instance-level permissions on a particular asset.
By default, all CentraSite users belong to the Asset Consumer role. This role includes the "View Assets" permission for the organization to which a user belongs.
Having the Asset Consumer role gives you implicit view permission on all the assets in your organization. You can view assets from other organizations only if you are given permission to do so through the assignment of additional role-based or instance-level permissions.
Note:
In rare instances, an administrator might not grant view permissions
to all of the users in an organization. If the administrator of your
organization has done this, you will need instance-level permissions on an
asset in order to view it.
For more information about the permissions that affect assets, see the section About Roles and Permissions in the document Users, Groups, Roles and Permissions.
