Q:
What is oneFish?
A: An
Internet portal for fisheries and aquatic research developed by SIFAR and FAO.
Q:
What is SIFAR?
A: The Support unit for International Fisheries and Aquatic
Research, a Project which operated in partnership with the FAO Fisheries Department
in Rome. The SIFAR Project Closed in July 2004.
Q:
What is FAO?
A: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Read
more: www.fao.org
Q:
What is an Internet portal?
A: A gateway on the Internet which provides access to hierarchically
organised groups of information.
Q:
What is a Topic?
A: A subject category which comprises a grouping of knowledge
within a specific subject area.
Q:
What does a Topic Editor do?
A: Assist in the administration of topics by editing, adding
and ranking the knowledge objects submitted to them, generating
discussions and initiating polls.
Read more: http://www.onefish.org/global/adoptatopic.html
Q:
Who will be considered as a oneFish Topic Editor?
A: Any registered member of oneFish.
Q:
What is a oneFish Virtual Office?
A: An Institutional Topic with various sub-topics relating
to the activities of an organisation, institution or project.
Read
more: http://www.onefish.org/global/virtual_office.html
Q:
How can I adopt a Topic?
A: You volunteer to become a Topic Editor.
Read more: http://www.onefish.org/global/adoptatopic.html
Q:
What is a Worldview?
A: A top-level oneFish Topic.
Q:
What is a KO?
A: KO stands for Knowledge Object.
Q:
What is a Knowledge Object?
A::A Knowledge Object is any
piece of information or data in any format that can be uploaded
to the oneFish Community Directory Server (CDS); entered into the
oneFish CDS via fill-in forms, e.g. documents, multimedia, contacts;
or linked to the oneFish CDS, e.g. websites. Knowledge Objects can
only be submitted by Registered Members.
Read more: http://www.onefish.org/global/addko_help.htm
Q:
What is the Community Directory Server (CDS)?
A: The CDS is the underlying software that provides the platform
for the oneFish Community Directory. It can be customised to provide
the platform for any other subject, groups of subjects or specialised
applications. For further information contact: richard.hoad@Fao.org
Q:
How do I add Knowledge Objects?
A: Use Search or Browse to locate the topic that you are
interested in, select the type of Knowledge Object you wish to add
from the drop down list of Add Forms, then click on the +suggest
button and follow the instructions on the form that appears.
Only
registered members of oneFish can suggest knowledge objects, and you
must be logged in.
Read
more: http://www.onefish.org/global/addko_help.htm
Q:
What is the difference between the Browser Back button and the oneFish
Previous (Cancel) button?
A: During the add/edit process you should use the Previous
(Cancel) button to return to previous screens, rather than the Browser
Back button. Use of the Browser Back button during this process
may result in duplication of the item you are adding.
Q:
What are Suspect URLs?
A: Periodically, a program is run against the system to check
that all of the URLs (web addresses) in the system are valid. Any
URLs that do not connect during the running of this program will
be highlighted in the Inbox of the Topic Editor(s) to which the
relevant knowledge object is linked.
Q: What is a `Favourite Location'?
A: Your Favourite Location is the screen you choose to go directly to when you login. You can set/change your Favourite Location in the Preferences screen in your My oneFish area.