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Use Share when you want to send someone a link to an object or cite it from another place. Sharing a link is different from granting access: the recipient still needs permission to open private projects, collections, and assets. The Share action can appear on projects, collections, assets, grants, and works. The exact options depend on your browser and the object you are viewing.

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What you can share

  • Copy link copies the object’s Dataerai URL to your clipboard.
  • QR code shows a scannable code for the same URL.
  • Native share opens your device’s sharing sheet when the browser supports it.
  • Social options open a draft post with the object title and link.
  • Mastodon asks for an instance, such as mastodon.social, before opening the draft.
Dataerai only prepares the draft. You choose whether to publish it in the destination service.

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Access stays the same

Sending a link does not make the object public and does not add anyone to its permissions. If the object is private, people without access will not be able to view it. To let more people open the link, update the object’s permissions, share it with specific people or groups, or make it publicly available for read-only access by signed-in users.
Check the object title, metadata, and link destination before posting to a public social network. The post can be public even when the object behind the link remains private.
1

Open the object

Open the project, collection, asset, grant, or work you want to share.
2

Click Share

Choose Copy link, QR code, your browser’s native share option, or a social destination.
3

Review the draft

For external services, review the generated draft before you post it.

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Next steps

Public sharing

Make an object readable by any signed-in user with the link.

Sharing & permissions

Learn which roles can view, edit, and share objects.