Difference between revisions of "User's Guide"

Revision as of 08:18, 7 June 2013

The User's guide is targeted towards the end-user of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE). It focuses on the community portals that provide access to the VRE capabilities for content management and collaboration.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Basic Concepts
3. Common Functionality
   1. Workspace Environment
   2. Login to a VO/VRE
   3. Search
      1. Select Collections
      2. Search
      3. Quick & Google Search
      4. Geospatial Search
   4. Result Browsing
      1. Common Browsing Activities
      2. The Basket
   5. Annotations
   6. Content Viewer
   7. User Profile Management
      1. User Profile Editing
   8. Report Management
      1. Template Creation
      2. Report Generation
   9. Course Management
   10. Document Workflows
       1. Workflow Editor : Create and Manage workflow templates
       2. Document Workflow Manager : Create and Manage document workflows
       3. My Document Workflows : Edit and View your document workflows
   11. Time Series
   12. AquaMaps : Species Distribution and Biodiversity Maps
       1. Species Explorer
       2. Data Management Facility
   13. GeoExplorer : a visualization portlet for geo-spatial data
   14. WebApp Management
       1. Web Application Management
       2. WAR Management
   15. Data Transfer Facility
       1. Scheduler Portlet
       2. Storage Manager Portlet
4. Usage Scenarios
   1. Login to a portal instance and select a VRE
   2. Perform a search and view the metadata of a record
   3. Annotating Information Objects
   4. Send a workspace area item to another user
   5. Acces workspace from Desktop
5. References
6. Bibliography
7. Glossary