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What is a KO Pool?
A KO (Knowledge
Object) Pool is a facility which allows oneFish to display KOs that reside
in other resource (provider) systems/databases to be displayed alongside
oneFish KOs both in topics and search results.
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Why KO Pools?
oneFish is primarily a Directory, i.e. directing users to the source of knowledge, rather than duplicating it (thereby implying duplication of effort) in oneFish. Out ethos is that each Knowledge
Object should only reside in one system, but that it should be accessible
via many systems. This is seen as being a more effective use of resources,
preventing unnecessary duplication of effort whilst at the same time providing
users with access to relevant knowledge in a wider range of resource systems/databases
without the need for them to visit every system.
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How do KO Pools Work?
An
external system or database is regularly queried using keywords or other
search strings that extract knowledge objects relevant to the subject
coverage of oneFish. The KO metadata (reference information) retrieved
includes links to the full text files/documents if available. This metadata
is then converted into the oneFish format and indexed. The converted
metadata and related indexes comprise the KO Pool which sits externally
to oneFish but on the same server. KO Pools are updated at regular intervals by arrangement with the data provider.
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Searching KO Pools
When a user searches oneFish, the KO Pool indexes are searched at the
same time and all relevant KOs, whether they are from oneFish or from
a KO Pool, are displayed intermixed in the search results screen.
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A
KO from a Pool is also displayed in a topic if a keyword in the KO matches
a keyword in the topic collector search string. Every topic has the ability
to `collect' KOs in this way (not only from KO Pools but from other oneFish
topics). In the topic form there is a field called `Collector Search String'.
By default the topic id number (e.g. in:424) will be displayed in this
field. This ensures that all KOs that have been physically added or linked
to this topic remain so, but the topic editor can extend this collector
search string to include keywords, e.g. in:424 OR keyword:"FISHERY ECONOMICS"
so the topic will `collect' and display all KOs with the keywords "FISHERY
ECONOMICS" whether they are stored in oneFish or in a linked KO Pool.
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What distinguishes a Pool KO?
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The KO owner is usually a Corporate Body as opposed to an individual, e.g.
FAO Corporate Document Repository.
This information is displayed in the right hand side bar of the KO
Info screen.
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the KO Info screen there is no Comments tab displayed because it is
not a oneFish KO and so you cannot add a Comment/KO Note to it. (This
facility may be added in the future)
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a topic editor or chief editor is logged in there is no Edit tab displayed
in the KO Info screen because a KO from a Pool is not a oneFish KO
and therefore cannot be edited in oneFish (some exceptions may apply).
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Constraints
oneFish Editors do not have control over the metadata captured from
provider systems and so the presentation of information may not always
coincide with oneFish format or standards, e.g. spelling mistakes and
inconsistencies in the use of case may occur, and foreign characters are sometimes corrupted. We provide feedback
to the owners of the provider system when any such problems are reported.
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