How to upload files on Knowledge Trails

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minor dilemma

I was uploading knowledge nuggets and came across a couple of reports where there were three field officers who collaborated and contributed information. While uploading, I was wondering whether I should upload these documents three times under each of the personas that contributed, or just upload it once and type the other personas names that were involved in making the report. I’m not so sure how tagging the document with the names would affect the search process. Would the same document just show up three times when doing a manual search for it ? Will the document show up on the contributors’ page even if I dont upload it specifically on the persons’ page?

I tried tagging both Grover and Peter on the reports that Sarah uploaded because they worked together.

When I did a search using another member’s for ‘grover’, this is what the search pulled up.

I found it quite strange that while all the collaborative work that Grover took part in was shown and the ones that he uploaded weren’t part of the search results. This probably means that if a user wants to upload a file and be credible for it, they’d have to type in their own name as a tag.

I tried searching for the keyword “long distance trails” in the search bar and this is what came up.

Only the file that Sarah updated came up in the search results and there was no mention of either Grover or Peter.

Judging by this, in order to get recognition for their work each of them would need to upload their own copies of the report – even if it is the same document on repetition. An alternative to that would be to find a widget that would allow the user to tag other users in the document. For now, I’ll just upload the document multiple times (one for each user involved) and also include the names of the other personas involved in the tag bar.

Chris

I have been feeling inertia lately in updating these personas – mainly because I think they all have to undergo a major facelift in order to be the alteregos of these real people. I’ll try to keep as much of the original story as I can while trying to add aspects of live individuals from their knowledge nuggets.

Chris is the alterego to Peter Hays.

This is the updated persona for Chris. There is more information here regarding his exploits in Fire and Vegetation Management and what he’s learned from his attachment at Banff National Park in Canada.

Below, you’ll find how I’ve incorporated the Knowledge Nugget provided by PV into the site. Instead of turning it into one of the pages where I’d have to type out all the details (because copying and pasting doesnt work – it just comes out as a series of numbers and symbols), I decided to turn it into a file where I can upload the Knowledge Nugget as it came (in PDF form of course) and what has been uploaded can be described and tagged using keywords just like any other piece of uploaded information.

If you were interested in reading about his attachment at Banff National Park, all you’d have to do is click on the pdf file and download it.