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1 | 1 | # Review process |
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| 3 | +A review is the process by which a community evaluates a record before accepting it. When you submit a record to a community, a **submission request** is created. This request acts as a shared workspace between you and the community curators: both sides can exchange comments, request changes, and track the outcome — all without leaving CDS. |
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| 6 | + |
| 7 | +## Who takes part |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +| Role | Who | What they can do | |
| 10 | +|---|---|---| |
| 11 | +| **Submitter** | The person who uploaded the record and submitted it to the community | Submit, edit the record during review, cancel the request, comment | |
| 12 | +| **Curator** | A community member with the Curator role or above | Accept or decline the request, comment, invite reviewers | |
| 13 | +| **Reviewer** | Any CDS user explicitly invited to the request by a curator | View the request and comment; cannot accept or decline | |
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| 15 | +Curators can invite any CDS user as a reviewer on a specific submission, even if that person is not a community member. This is useful when specialist input is needed before a decision is made. See [Commenting](comments.md) for details on how to use the conversation features during a review. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## Typical workflow |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### 1. Submission |
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| 21 | +You can submit a record to a community in two ways: |
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| 23 | +- **During upload**: Before publishing, select the community in the deposit form. The record will not be published until a curator accepts the submission. |
| 24 | +- **After publishing**: See [Submit to a community](../communities/submit.md#multiple-communities) for details. |
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| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### 2. Review |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +Once submitted, the request appears in the community's **Requests** tab, visible to all curators. The curators can: |
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| 33 | +- Read the record and its metadata. |
| 34 | +- Leave comments or ask for changes (see [Commenting](comments.md)). |
| 35 | +- Invite additional reviewers. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +You will receive a notification if a curator leaves a comment. You can update the record's metadata and ask for a re-review by dropping a comment. |
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| 39 | +!!! note |
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| 41 | + Both you and the curators can edit the record's metadata while it is under review. Files can still be updated before acceptance. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +### 3. Decision |
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| 45 | +The curator will make one of two decisions: |
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| 47 | +**Accepted** |
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| 49 | +- If the record was not yet published, it is **published automatically** and added to the community. |
| 50 | +- If the record was already published, it is **added to the community** without any further action needed from you. |
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| 52 | +**Declined** |
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| 54 | +- The record is not added to the community. If it was not yet published, it remains as a draft and you can continue editing or publish it independently. |
| 55 | +- You cannot resubmit the same record to the same community after a decline. If you believe the decision was made in error, contact the community curators directly. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### 4. After the review |
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| 59 | +Once a request is closed (accepted or declined), the conversation is preserved and remains readable. If the conversation is locked, no further comments can be added. See [Locking the conversation](comments.md#locking-the-conversation) for details. |
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| 61 | +If you want to remove an accepted record from a community at a later point, see [Removing from a community](../communities/submit.md#removing-from-a-community). |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +## Cancelling a pending submission |
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| 65 | +If you change your mind before a curator has made a decision, you can cancel the submission request. Open the request from the record's page and click **Cancel request**. The record is not affected; if it was not yet published, it remains as a draft. |
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