E IONET Forum – ins ide an IGHow to access

FOLDER and F I LEBas ic content types

NOTIF ICAT ION and HELPBas ic features

SESSION 4INTEREST GROUP

EIONET Forum – focus on the network

• Organised in 3 instances

• FORUM core EIONET network activities based on permanent groups (NRC, NFP and ETC)

• PROJECTS new established as platform for groups with expected lifespan of up to 2-3 years

• ARCHIVES to sort out outdated material and provide a place for outdated IGs from CIRCA but keep content available on demand

– All is part of EIONET (FORUM – PROJECTS – ARCHIVES)– Non EIONET centric work hosted under Enviro Windows

EIONET ForumInterest Group

• Corresponds to a community of users for sharing content

• It is either restricted (not public) or publicly accessible

• An independent group with administration and management only for that specific group

• Users are– Anonymous– authenticated

• Levels of permission for authenticated users are– Administrator– Contributor– Viewer

EIONET ForumInterest Group

• You will have most time either – viewing permission - you have the right to see and

download content– Contributor permission – you can upload content

and create new elements• For NRC interest groups NRC and NFP roles have

permission + explicit nominated external experts – difference from role (nominated national…) to community of users sharing content

EIONET Forumaccessing an interest group

EIONET Forumaccessing an interest group

EIONET ForumInterest Group - requests access/membership

• User requests (higher) permission: – Viewer, Reviewer (specific to some tools), Contributor

• As a NRC involve your NFP

EIONET ForumInterest Group - requests access/membership

The administrator of the interest group get an email

EIONET ForumInterest Group - requests access/membership

• Administrator takes action – based on the request• Review the request:– Approve requested role or Grant different role– Reject request

Remember:- organisational aspects- before request

- document it in your request

EIONET Foruminside an interest group

• “out of the box” design • We focus on sharing – not on design• Main elements:– Library – the content container – Left panel - access to functionalities

• Administrators can change layout, arrange features new,… - individual customisation, but…

EIONET Foruminside an interest group

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FOLDER

• FOLDER is a core element for the library

• A simple container; similar to the ones in the operating systems

• Can have their own access settings

• The creator is also the maintainer: Owners can edit their objects

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FOLDER

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FOLDER

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FOLDER

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FILE

• Its own page, as an object with meta information, before downloading/opening the actual uploaded file

• Not a container

• Can have multiple actual files attached (but conceptually versions of the same file)

• Output: provide a file for download

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FILE

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FILE

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FILE

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - FILE

EIONET Foruminside an interest group – notification service

• A user actively subscribes for notification• You need to be logged in

• You can select either you would like to get an instant, daily, weekly or monthly notification

• You can decide what you are interested in– Part of the content tree only (only for specific folders)– Only for specific content types

EIONET Foruminside an interest group – notification service

EIONET Foruminside an interest group – notification service

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - HELP

• Where to find help?

• EIONET Helpdesk

• From Forum front page

• In all Interest groups as a standard feature– We are progressing to provide online help – instead of a manual– We use video clips

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - HELP

EIONET Foruminside an interest group - HELP