WebDAV sync for group libraries
For privacy concerns I'm interested in syncing documents of a private group library via my own cloud. As clearly state in the documentation this is currently not possible: https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#data_syncing
I was wondering whether this is planned for the future and if yes if there is an estimation of when this will be available?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Fab
I was wondering whether this is planned for the future and if yes if there is an estimation of when this will be available?
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Fab
This feature is really a must have when you work with other people. If the problem is that the cloud services have a password to connect to them, I think this is not a real issue as a team can make its own cloud and share the access.
Relevant discussions:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/34481/saving-group-libraries-on-a-webdav-server
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/77589/webdav-sync-for-group-libraries
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/75041/webdav-syncing-and-group-file-storage
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/9485/sync-group-attachments-rather-to-webdav-than-to-zotero
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/59350/storage-options-for-a-group
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/71223/using-zotero-with-a-group-sharing-file-repository
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/68414/storage-management-for-personal-library-and-group-library
Is there a Forums thread or support page you could point to which describes these differences? Many thanks in advance.
Zotero Documentation on WebDAV: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/webdav_services
Mobile app support is another difference between WebDAV (typically yes) & linked files (typically no)
At the moment, we can use a hack by setting up a shared account for each lab where everyone know the password and everyone setup multiple profiles of Zotero on its own computer.
https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/multiple_profiles
So one profile is for own documents, and one is for the group..
However, at my uni, we only have one WebDAV per user.. so we cannot implement this, but it was the best solution I though of..
But anyway, this feature would be a game changer for me too!
With a single account you can invite as many users as you want and create as many libraries as you want with no space limitation (which is not the case for example for paid cloud plans of other applications).
You can also see it as a donation to the development of Zotero ;)
However, if you have lots of work resources but no money to spend you could have a look into how to setup your own Zotero server:
e.g. https://github.com/SamuelHassine/zotero-prime
(even tough I doubt that this pays out in terms of time investment, given that time is money)
So having the same webdav feature for group libraries as for personal libraries would be a major improvement, with a shared webdav login for the group.
so, +1 here.
Thanks!
+1 hereā¦
It's affordable for us at an institutional level as a relatively modest-sized government science organization. The problem is that we can't currently use Zotero's shared storage offering because it's not a big enough group to go through the necessary bureaucratic red tape.
Has anyone forked Zotero to work on that component, opening up where and how Zotero handles all group library functionality? We also need to be able to selectively open up everything on a given shared library item (or an entire shared library) for public access, which I don't think we can do now with how Zotero handles their shared library functionality vis a vis potential copyright protection.
But what you describe, i.e. having everything sync with your own server basically means setting up your own copy of the (open source) Zotero server. zotero-prime (now "ZotPrime" to clarify this isn't an official Zoteor product), linked above, provides instructions on exactly that and it doesn't require a fork of the Zotero client. For providing open access for files in a shared group, you might have to fork Zotero, but I'm not even sure about that. Possible that that's also entirely possible at the client level (of course when you run your own server you'd also have to provide your own web library, but that's relatively easy in comparison)
Easier set-up for completely self-hosted servers has been promised for a while and there's no major technical obstacle there, but even with a docker image or the like provided, that will still require a reasonable amount of technical expertise to run.
Is this possible? Thanks.
(To save others the time: I don't work for Zotero and I won't start explaining why any range of solutions you can think won't work, and I'd guess neither will Zotero's dev team. If you're a developer with significant expertise in this area and an idea to approach it, post to the zotero-dev list.)