Data Entry Pages : Data entry scenario described :
Research Entry
The CBR Papers, Data, and Orgs & People will be straight forward individual entries.
The Issue Briefs (and, within them, the Proposed Solution Planning Trees) will be constructed from other entries. One way this could happen is to have a data entry page for an Issue Brief that has each of the sections as the divisions (scope of the problem, past policy, current policy, proposed solutions, key organizations & individuals, glossary of terms), each with two buttons: ADD NEW ENTRY and FIND EXISTING ENTRY. When clicked, a pop-up search box would appear to allow the user to add a new entry (appropriate to the particular section) or find an existing entry. Once added or found, a summary of the entry would then appear on the Issue Brief page. Each of these entries would have an EDIT and REMOVE button next to it so the page could be modified later [we will need to determine what information appears in this summary and how to handle the references for each in the printable version of the Issue Briefs]. The top section of each Issue Brief will need a Title, Goal Statement, and categorization fields (issue, level, location). Finally, the Proposed Solution Planning Trees will need to be programmed so they show up at all levels. Remember, Issue Briefs will be developed for the same issue at multiple levels and locations (Affordable Housing nationally, in NJ, and in Trenton). Note: There's one other idea here which would be to allow sites to indicate which option is currently in operation in their area. This might be handled in the EDIT option with an additional field that references this and then in the display that option might show this by color or bold or something. This is still a little sketchy so we can leave it for a future refinement.
There is one more data entry option: creating a proposed solution wiki. The idea I have here is to have a link on each proposed solution display page that would take the end user to a wiki page for that solution. This will allow for additional end users to contribute to the site, and help us create a community of researchers connected to the sites. I've known about wikis for awhile now, but just noticed that the option I'm describing has now shown up on Amazon.com. We would probably want these end users to first log-in before being allowed to make a submission on the wiki pages to help combat spam.