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== Objectives of this Portal ==
*To collect forest policy related information from already existing data sources 
*To provide an overview of forest policy information relevant for the pan-European forest sector and facilitate easy and structured information access
*To improve general information availability on policy processes, instruments and institutions relevant for the pan-European forest sector
*To support the development, analysis and understanding of forest policy
*To allow a better understanding of the linkages between processes, instruments and institutions
*To enhance transparency of policy processes, instruments and institutions
*To meet information needs of the various stakeholders
*To assist transformation of information into knowledge

== Semantic mediawiki ==
[http://semantic-mediawiki.org Semantic MediaWiki] can turn a wiki into a powerful and flexible “collaborative database”. All data created within SMW can easily be published via the Semantic Web, allowing other systems to use this data seamlessly.
*Semantic MediaWiki was initially created by Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandečić and Max Völkel, and was first released in 2005. Its development was initially funded by the EU-funded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP6 FP6] project [http://www.sekt-project.com/ SEKT] (Semantically Enabled Knowledge Technologies), and was later supported in part by Institute AIFB of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Karlsruhe University of Karlsruhe] (later renamed the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania05/Paper-MK2 Wikipedia and the Semantic Web - The Missing Links] was a proposal to include semantic functionality in wikipedia written in 2005 by Markus Krötzsch & Denny Vrandečić & Max Völkel. 
*[http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/markus.kroetzsch/ Markus Kroetzsch] works at the university of Oxford, [http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Denny_Vrandecic Denny Vrandecic] and [http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Max_V%C3%B6lkel/en Max Völkel] work at the university of Karlsruhe AIFB. Check their [http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Semantic_Web/en semantic web] research area.
=== Power of semantic search ===
This queries all pages where the property "EFORWOOD indicator" has the value "Forest biodiversity"
{{#ask: [[EFORWOOD indicator::Forest biodiversity]]
| ?Legal status
| ?Scope
| ?Description
}}
=== Example sites ===
A list of example sites can be found at [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Wiki_of_the_Month project of the month]: 
*[http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/KnowIt KnowIt] makes use of most semantic extensions, such as [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms Semantic Forms] to standardize annotations and display of pages, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Result_Formats Semantic Results Formats] to render queries, or [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_Maps Semantic Maps]. Several regular extensions are used as well : [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data External Data] to import remote content, the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Pubmed PubMed extension] for citations, [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Replace_Text Replace Text] to help with Maintenance, and many more.

== Layout of this working page ==

Dears I changed the layout to have a more compact page, separating in tabs the data collecation, and the display of collected information for institutions, processes and instruments + and addtional tab for technical information. --[[User:Paul Rougieux|Paul Rougieux]] 18:19, 23 January 2012 (CET)

== Questions for feedback  ==

===Content:===
*Can you find one policy process or instrument most relevant to your field in this portal?
**Does the information displayed match your expectations, what is missing?
===Layout of the user interface:===
*What do you think about linkages?
*Could you understand the purpose of this site?
*Your feedback on [[FOREST EUROPE criteria and indicators]] and [[ToSIA indicators]]?
=== Search tool ===
Please visit the [[EFI Policy Portal/Site map|site map]]. 
*Do you think some other mode of categorization should be added?
*Are you able to search for information relevant to your policy area?
*Should we add another search field on the mind map?

=== Contribution ===
Do you foresee an interest in learning how to enter data?