Fire Research And Management Exchange System HelpTerminology
FRAMES is built on portal technology. A portal is an software platform that can provide customizable website content depending on a user's preferences. In the case of FRAMES, the content is focused around 26 different wildland fire-related Subject Areas.
Other terms referenced in the portal:
Portlets - miniature web services within the overall portal. Some portlets are static, meaning they only display text. Others are dynamic, meaning they change depending on the subject area. Most portlets have a header bar at the top, and are outlined with a faint box.
Communities - a set of webpages within the portal focused around a common theme or subject. In the case of FRAMES, the Subject Areas are considered a "community." Each community might have multiple pages within it.
Knowledge Directory - the respository for all of FRAMES resources, such as documents, tools, and data sets. The Knowledge Directory is a set of folders and sub-folders organized by subject area. When you select the "Browse" portlets, you are directed to the knowledge directory for that subject area and folder.
