===== Work in My Workspace =====

**Use this section when you need to:**

  * organise your personal working environment
  * manage folders and documents
  * share files with others
  * work with versioned research materials

**Main roles:**
  * Signed-in users
  * Contributors / Researchers

**Related sections:**
  * [[hortus:publish|Create, submit, and publish research outputs]]
  * [[hortus:communication|Conversations, Discussions, and Notifications]]
  

My Workspace is your **private working area** inside HORTUS.

My Workspace is where HORTUS becomes a daily working environment. It combines personal and shared storage, document creation, version-aware files, notifications, contributions, metadata management, and project-linked actions. This chapter focuses on the work layer of the platform: the place where researchers manage evolving materials before, during, and after publication workflows.
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===== Summary =====

My Workspace is:

  * a structured research environment
  * a collaboration tool
  * a preparation area for publication

It supports:

  * organisation
  * sharing
  * versioning
  * integration with HORTUS workflows

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===== Workspace and publication =====

My Workspace is often the starting point for publication.

Typical workflow:

  * create or upload document
  * organise in folders
  * enrich with metadata
  * prepare for submission
  * publish through Marketplace or Projects

This connects Workspace to the **publication lifecycle**.

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===== Practical usage scenarios =====

==== Individual work ====

  * store drafts
  * organise research materials
  * prepare content before publication

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==== Collaboration ====

  * share folders with team members
  * co-manage documents
  * coordinate research outputs

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==== Publication preparation ====

  * collect files and metadata
  * prepare structured outputs
  * submit to Marketplace

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===== Best practices =====

  * organise folders logically
  * use clear naming conventions
  * manage permissions carefully
  * keep documents updated
  * integrate workspace with publication workflows

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