KM Features: 3 - K Repository Population

Here, we will see how we populate the K Repository by submitting various kinds of documents. We will also see that uploading a document is just one form of putting the information into the system. There can be more more methods.

In this we will concentrate only on various modes of submission. The submission does not necessarily mean that the information / knowledge / content will be available immediately. Automation here may lead to duplicacy or bogus files make K Repository a junk.

Any submitted resource must be first reviewed by the K Manager (can compare with librarian-role) and then put up in correct category with permissions and access rights as required.

Let's look at the submission part:

Single file and zip-files are normal modes of uploading content and is available everywhere. But DocMan^© allows you to point to a URL and tell the system whether it should add a reference to the link or download the target URL and put it in the repository.

This is something very useful feature. Suppose you are browsing some website and you want it to make the contents of the website available for everybody who's using the repository, just ask the DocMan^© to retrieve the target URL. One thing to keep in mind is that the K-Manager should respect copyright issues associated with the content. Not everybody may like their website to be cached locally.

But otherwise, instead of you downloading any PDF or HTML or any document for that matter, just tell DocMan^©