theHive - Knowledge Platform on Fragility, Conflict and Violence (October 17, 2012)

The specialistDirectory function of theHive allows users to locate specialists based on their expertise, interests, and region...

You will have the opportunity to review your entry and edit as necessary at this page:

Once you finish adding a resource, you have the option to add another similar resource, add a different resource, or return to the ideaMap:

geographic focus...

You can add information about the resource's author:

institutional affiliation...

and a short description and key words.

Click on "Manage Resources" to open up your resource managment page, where you'll see all the resources you have added (both completed and partially completed).

You can click on the "Edit" button for any resources that you wish to edit or add to:

The partially completed resource will now appear on the ideaMap, and you can return to complete the entry anytime in your profile section under "Manage Resources":

On the "Map it" page, you must indicate the Theme(s), Subject(s), and Topic(s) of your resource. These Theme-Subject-Topic chains are the mechanism for organizing resources within theHive. You may select up to five (5) chains.

At this point you will have completed the minimum information required for the resource to appear in the ideaMap. If you wish to return later to complete the resource information, click "Save & Exit."

Starting from the ideaMap page, click on the "Add resources" button at the top right. You'll arrive at:

After filling out the name and URL of the resource, click "Next"...

You can add a resource to theHive quickly, and complement the entry with as much or little detail as you want.

The next few pages walk you through the brief process of adding resources and associated information.

Those few steps that are mandatory are marked with a (*).

Users of theHive can edit their profiles any time, by clicking on their name in the top right corner. They will arrive at this page:

The following slides provide a brief overview of theHive's layout and functions.

To learn more about theHive please click on "What is theHive"

You can also edit your profile in theHive.

The first thing you'll see in theHive is theBuzz, theHive's news and information center which provides a variety of updates and news related to FCV.

You can either click through the ideaMap's Theme-Subject-Topic chains to find specialists:

Or you can use the search bar or region filter. Here are the specialists associated with Central Africa and Eastern Africa:

theBuzz feature in theHive provides a variety of news and updates related to FCV.

Clicking on theBuzz link at the top of the page, you'll see sections for News and Activity in theHive, such as Active Discussions, Recommended Reads, and Upcoming Events. You can click on a variety of items on this page for further information:

Click on the specialistDirectory icon at the top of the page:

You can view the contents of theHive without signing in, but if you would like to add content or update your profile, please click in the top right corner of the home page to sign in. You will arrive at:

The socialNetwork feature is still under development.

When completed, it will permit you to interact with others in theHive.

Now that you've logged into theHive, start back at the home page and click on the ideaMap icon at the top. This takes you to:

This concludes the presentation of theHive's layout and functions.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about how you can utilize theHive to share and benefit from knowledge related to FCV.

Please check back at theHive regularly. As new users join, share content, and discuss ideas, theHive will grow and evolve.

For example, clicking on Peace Operations & Conflict Management leads you to:

The ideaMap is theHive's mechanism for organizing all content: Essentially, it is a hierarchy of clickable Themes, Subjects, and Topics.

The central part of this screen contains 9 Themes related to FCV. Click on any of these Themes to see Subjects that fall within that Theme.

Subjects related to Peace Operations & Conflict Management are scattered around it. You can click on any of them.

Click on Weapons Proliferation & Arms Control, and you will arrive at:

theHive: Connecting a global community of practice on the prevention of fragility, conflict and Violence

Themes and topics related to Weapons Proliferation & Arms Control are scattered around it. Click on any topic to see the resources associated with it.

Click on Arms Trade, and you will arrive at this page. Resources related to Arms Trade and other related topics are visible and clickable.

theHive is a knowledge-sharing platform designed to connect practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and organizations working on issues of fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) around the world

If you click on the Institution "Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue" from that list, you'll see the following information about that Institution. Please note the description and link in the vertical bar on the right.

Click on the top resource shown in the S-curve, "Mapping arms Data Visualization Tool" to arrive at this page. The central portion of this page contains people, organizations, etc. related to this resource.

The right side of the page displays detailed information about the resource. You can click directly to the URL, or rate and discuss it with other users of theHive.

At the bottom right of this screen, you see that the user has rated this resource and is beginning a discussion of it using the "Start New Discussion Button."

This screen shows you the continued discussion of this resource:

At this and other points when you're clicking through the ideaMap, you will see a horizontal "breadcrumb" line near the top of the page, indicating which areas of the ideaMap you have navigated through to that point.

In addition to clicking through the ideaMap to explore its content, users can locate content of interest using the search bar or filters, visible on the left part of the ideaMap screen:

theHive is driven by three (3) primary objectives:

A brief word on the S-curve/helix structure you see in the ideaMap:

For example, an ideaMap search of the term "demobilization" yields these results:

The specific resources shown in any ideaMap S-curve derive from an algorithm that includes:

-Theme-Subject-Topic mapping

-keyword relevance

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The algorithm ranks resources based on the above characteristics...????....with the goal of exposing users to relevant resources they might not otherwise come across.

For instance, the screen to the right shows the resoures visible when a user clicks through the ideaMap from

Peace Operations & Conflict Management to

Weapons Proliferation & Arms Control to

Arms Trade.

• Sharing knowledge across contexts and disciplines to bridge divides and reduce isolation

• Creating a worldwide community of practice

• Connecting new knowledge and innovative approaches that can inform best-fit solutions

(this path is shown in the breadcrumb)

Now, please click on the ideaMap icon at the top left side of the page. Please look at the vertical bar on the left side of this page, which contains a search bar, a series of filters, and a button to "Add resources".

This S-curve displays resources that have been mapped to this specific Theme-Subject-Topic chain, and also resources related to the Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALW) topic, and to the Weapons Proliferation & Arms Control Subject.

An ideaMap search of the term "demobilization" with filters added to limit the resource type and the publication date yields the following content: