WaterWiki 2.0 Architecture

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Toolkit WaterWiki 2.0 - The project edit
WaterWiki in UN-Water Context | Technical development issues | Managing WaterWiki 2.0 | WaterWiki - Wanted Content
WaterWiki-presentation Nairobi web4dev-conf Nov07 (Web4Dev Nairobi 2007 | Web2forDevConference findings) | The Contribution of a Wiki to the Development of a Community of Practice: A Case Study - Anna Maron Aug07 (Findings from study on WaterWiki by Anna)
Further resources: Knowledge Management Toolkit
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WaterWiki 1.0 (Careful: Archived, non-updated version)
WaterWiki 1.0 Toolkit (FAQ | KM | Substantive | Technical | Process Step-by-Step) | "Outstanding Dev Issues" on WaterWiki 1.0 | Draft concept for the way ahead | New architecture (draft) for WaterWiki


Contents

Left-hand navigation

Welcome 

- Overview (What’s the issue?)
- About WaterWiki
- Help / tutorial
- RUSSIAN  ((-> leads to "_RU"-extension of each particular page))
- Community portal (??)
- Current events  (??)

Resources 

- Projects / Initiatives
- Publications  ((Reports / Books / Papers / Periodicals / Websites))
- Who’s-who
- Organizations / Partnerships / Networks
- News ((from other sites via RSS - like on BioenergyWiki))
- Glossary
- Events (??)

Find knowledge (portals) 

- By Country / Region
- By River Basins
- By Topic ((-> lead to list of summary pages))
- Article list (Topics / Experience Write-ups / “How to..”) ((-> leads to alphabetical list of ALL articles))
- Random page/article

Wiki-Search / Google
GO || SEARCH
Google Search (??)


Share your knowledge (interact) 

- Start new article
- Upload File
- Most wanted articles
- Open/recent discussions
- How to edit (here??)
- Contact us ((-> same link at "report a problem" leading to the dialog-box))

Toolbox 

This article/page
- What links here
- Related changes
- Printable version
- Email this page/article
- RSS | atom
On WaterWiki
- Recent changes
- Special pages
- (Permanent link)
- (Cite this article)
- Report a problem / Suggestions ((-> would open an overlay-dialog box like on Wikia))

In-page features

Top Content

BOX with {drop-down menu} displaying a list of pages
{drop-down menu}
  • Top-rated pages
  • Most visited/popular
  • Most recently added
  • Most active authors / contributors
  • “Recommended by..” / Essential readings / Featured-lists

--> see basic idea on Wikia


"Interaction Box"

BOX with 
Rate this article / page
*  *  *  *  *
Maybe also in this box:
  • "Send | Print | Syndicate"
  • Report a problem / send comments / suggestions


"Entry-pages" / portals

Main page

Country-pages

Main category (type): COUNTRY from template:Countries
NO additional categories ((??))
Elements / Chapters
see above


Automated lists of Items (Links)
COUNTRY-related projects
COUNTRY-related publications (reports | websites | ..)
COUNTRY-related Articles (experiences | genuine articles | ..)
COUNTRY-related Contacts (CoP-members | Organizations | ..)


--> Also Sub-regional pages in the same way?


River Basin-pages

Main category (type): RIVER BASIN from template:River Basins
Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY
Elements / Chapters
see above


Automated lists of Items (Links)
COUNTRY-related projects
COUNTRY-related publications (reports | websites | ..)
COUNTRY-related Articles (experiences | genuine articles | ..)
COUNTRY-related Contacts (CoP-members | Organizations | ..)


--> Original source of data from UNECE River Basin Assessment with a PROMINENT LINK TO ORIGINAL SOURCE: colored box/link with a statement like "based on the River Basin Assessment 2007, courtesy by UNECE")



CoP-member list

(automated page)

  • alphabetical
  • by organization (manual listing)



Article-list (by sub-category?)

(automated page)



All-Publications (by sub-category?)

(automated page)

  • alphabetical
  • by "sub-category" following the template:Articles
  • by topic? (would need to be a manual chapter-list, else it should also be displayed automatically on each topic-page with the same/similar tag



"Single-Item"-pages

Project pages

main category (type): Project
Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY/-IES | BASIN |

Each project page consists basically of 2 main parts:

  1. Basic info organized in a box (in special font or back-color)
  2. The "knowledge/experience/content"-part (= true Wiki-part)
1. Basic info
Basically what was there on WaterWiki 1 - except for the "lessons Learned" - with changed "filed" to be in line with the new RBEC website project-CMS structure.
The idea is to be able to link this to the CMS- (or its replacement) project-database via RSS-feed
Main elements: 
- Short Title (for display in the Google-map)
- Geographical focus ((generated automatically from the tag(s)))
- Lead organization
- Partner(s)
- Budget
- Co-funding Sources ((table as in the CMS possible??))
- Duration
- Status
- Short description
- Objectives; Situation Analysis; Strategy; (Expected) Results / Outcome; Major activities ((can this be shortened??))
- Contact(s) ((links to CoP-members and lists 'outsiders')


2. Knowledge / Experience part
This would follow the above "descriptors"-part and be in straight-forward Wiki-formating (i.e. without any formating, easy to find by potential contributors.
Main elements: 
- Resources and materials ((incl. what's now in "URL" / "background materials" / etc. AS WELL AS the uploaded files))
- Lessons Learned
- SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS AS PEOPLE WANT TO ADD



Publication pages (incl. Reports / Books / Papers / Periodicals / Websites / Conventions / Data / etc.)

main category (type): Template:Publications
Publications edit
Books and Periodicals | Position papers | Reports | Websites |
Mirror-publications | Scientific papers | Category:Tool
Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY | BASIN | TOPIC |

Each publication page consists basically of 2 main parts:

  1. Basic info organized in a box (in special font or back-color)
  2. The "knowledge/experience/content"-part (= true Wiki-part)
1. Basic info
Basically what was there on WaterWiki 1, except for the "decription"-part
The idea is to keep up the option be able at one point to link this to an (external) database that provides basic info via RSS-feed
Main elements: 
- Full Title and sub-titles
- ATTACHED FILE  |  URL TO ON-LINE FILE
- Author(s) ((as links to existing WaterWiki-entries))
- Publication date
- ISBN ((there's a neat function on Wikipedia that automatically generates ISBN-links and functionalities))
- Geographical focus ((generated automatically from the tag(s)))
- Type of Publication ((generated automatically from the tag(s)))


2. Knowledge / Experience part
space for additional info and people's knowledge / opinions / comments 
- Short title (for display in other pages and/or on the Google-map??)
- Synopsis / Short description
- Table of content
- Reviews / opinions / comments ((just like on amazon  ;-) ))
--> OR: or full-featured content (e.g. the UNECE river basin inventory/assessment), the full text will be copy-pasted here


The current "" will be transformed into 'Publications' OR their content (=links to reports, networks, etc.) merged into the reports navigation page



CoP-member pages ((maybe better as sub-category to 'Contacts'?))

main category (type): CoP-member

Template:CoP-member

Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY | BASIN | TOPIC |

Analogue to project and publication-pages, CoP-member-pages consist basically of 2 main parts:

  1. Basic info organized in a box (in special font or back-color)
  2. The "knowledge/experience/content"-part (= true Wiki-part)


Contact-pages

main category (type): Template:Contacts

Template:Contacts

Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY | BASIN | TOPIC | ...


Organization | Initiatives/Partnerships | Networks | Expert/Consultant |



Events-pages (upcoming and past??)

main category (type): Template:Event
Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY | BASIN | TOPIC | ORGANIZATION | ...


2nd priority for the time being. The basic idea could follow the example on BioenergyWiki. Challenge is how (who) to update it; how to move 'past events' to another location, etc. Should definitely be tightly linked to major proceedings of the events, write-ups (BTORs) of the participants, list of materials, related pages (knowledge on WaterWiki), etc to make this valuable - rather than to try providing a simple on-line events calendar.



(True) Wiki-Articles (Content & on-line collaboration pages)

Genuine Topic-articles (also serve as substantive portals in the 2nd part)

main category (type): Template:Articles (sub-categories: Experience | "How-to.." | Case studies | Lessons notes |
Articles edit
| Category:Article | Category:Experience | Category:Essays | Situation in.. | Did you know?.. Facts and Figures around Water | How to .. | Category:Convention | Statistics and Data | Discussion
Additional categories (tag-cloud): TOPIC | COUNTRY | BASIN | "work in progress" (now "UNDER CONSTRUCTION")

Each Article page consists of 2 main parts:

  1. the "true Wiki-part" (free Wikipedia-style structure)
  2. "Related content"-part


1. Main article-body
Wikipedia-style article allowing anyone to collaborate


2. "Related content"-part(s)
automatically generated lists of Single-item-pages and other content at the bottom or in boxes of this page, using tags and/or manual keywords
Links to:
Reports
key resource people (CoP-members and contacts)
key resource organizations
related articles



Case Study-pages (now tagged "Experience" and called "Experience/Write-ups"

Main category (type): Case Study
Additional categories (tag-cloud): COUNTRY | BASIN | TOPIC | ...?

This is a sub-category of template:Articles - SEE ALSO ABOVE

Basic structure

  1. Title, Short Description, Identifiers
    1. Project/Initiative
    2. Synopsis / Summary
    3. Location of Experience
    4. UNDP's / Partner's Role
    5. Timeframe & Status
    6. Contact
  2. The Problem (Need for Action)
    1. Background
    2. Goal and Objectives
  3. The Solution (Description of Action Taken)
    1. WHAT
    2. WHO
    3. WHERE
    4. WHEN
    5. HOW
  4. The Analysis (Results and Lessons Learned)
    1. Main Results
    2. Lessons Learned & Replication
    3. Testimonies, Opinions, Validation (Reality Check)
    4. Outlook (Conclusions and Next Steps)
  5. References, Sources, and Further Information
    1. Interviewees and Key Contacts
    2. Sorce Documents, References, Cross-Links, and Further Readings
  6. See also..
    1. .. Other Experiences, Projects, Reports, Resources on WaterWiki
    2. External Resources an Further Readings
  7. Attachments


Glossary-pages (definitions, glossary, brief descriptions)

main category (type): Template:Glossary
Glossary edit
| Concepts | Definitions | Abbreviations
Additional categories (tag-cloud): none


Each Glossary-article consists of 2 main parts:

  1. the definition / description part
  2. additional info/knowledge/comments/links, as applicable


1. Definition / description part
One-sentence (or just very short) description or dfinition of the term/sentence/acronym in question
This content will be used to create pop-ups on dotted-line-links ion the text of other articles/pages, as well as possibly export RSS-feeds to wherever it suits..


2. Further info 
- Synonyms (i.e. redirect-pages)
- Related issues /
- External references (links)



\", \"Legal Documents and Conventions\", \"Statistics and Data\" will be transformed into

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