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<a href="#determine-what-access-your-data-and-metadata-should-have" class="anchor"></a>4. Determine what access your data and metadata should have</h3>
<p>DataONE provides a mechanism that allows data submitters to control access to their data.</p>
<p>The levels of access available to objects in DataONE are “read”, “write”, and “changePermission”.</p>
<p>The “read” permission allows a user the ability to view