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The Summary page is the main entry point for a tool/resource. Throughout the site, where a tool/resource name is shown, you will likely be able to click through to this Summary page. You may also click on the "Summary" tool/resource menu link to get to this page. The Summary page shows summarized information about the current tool/resource. The following information is displayed:

Image: If an administrator has uploaded any images for the tool/resource and has set one of those images as a default, the default image will be displayed at the top of the content area. Images may be laboratory or tool/resource logos, software screenshots, or other images. Clicking on the image will take you to an Images page where you may view other images that have been uploaded for this tool/resource. The tool/resource administrator can manage the images through the Admin Manage Images page.

Description: The public description as provided by the tool/resource administrator when the tool/resource was registered is displayed at the top of the content area. The tool/resource administrator can manage this information through the Admin Edit Public Info page.

Download Files: If there are any files available for download for the tool/resource, a Download box will be displayed below the tool/resource description. The most recently published file, based on its release date, or a file specified by the tool/resource administrator is displayed at the top of the drop-down list in the Download box. You may download this file by clicking either "Download Now" or the arrow icon. Up to ten other files may be displayed in the drop-down list. Each file may be selected and downloaded. If you would like to see more information about any of the released files before downloading, or to see more released files, click the "See All Files" link next to the Download box. More information on files can be found in the Tool/Resource Feature: Downloads section of this User Guide.

Note: The tool/resource FRS Downloads administrators can apply different levels of access to packages and releases for their tool/resource. Only active releases in active public packages are available for download on the Summary page.

Specifications: The Specifications section lists the attributes assigned to the tool/resource by its administrator. (See the Admin page for information about assigning attributes to a tool/resource.) Initially, only one or two main attributes are shown, with a "Show more specifications" link if there are more assigned attributes for the tool/resource. Often, the specification shown is a sub-attribute to another. You can hover over the attribute name to see the full lineage of parent attributes. Click the attribute name to open the glossary to the attribute description.

Associations: If the tool/resource has been associated with another public tool/resource, then the Associations section will be shown below the Specifications section. Initially, only a few associations are displayed, with a "Show more associations" link if there are more associations. You may click on the name of the associated tool/resource to get to its Summary page. Tool/resource administrators manage the associations through the Admin Tool/Resource Associations page.

Recent Activity: This section lists the last 10 updates to the tool/resource in its forums, trackers, wiki, documents, news, or files. Activity may also be pulled from external sources through an RSS feed if specified by the tool/resource administrator. (See Recent Activity Admin page for information about specifying activity from an external feed.) Initially all types of activity are shown, but you may limit the list to a specific type of activity by selecting its name from the drop-down list.

Hosting Credit: If the tool/resource is hosted outside of NITRC, the hosting site will be indicated at the top right of the page.

Reviews & Ratings: The Reviews & Ratings box shows the user-provided ratings for the tool/resource. For individual ratings and detailed reviews, click the "User Reviews" link in this box. If the tool/resource has any published reviews, there is a "Published Reviews" link below the "User Reviews" link. Click "Published Reviews" to view the reviews in Community Docs. Users can review a tool/resource by clicking on the "Add a review" link in the Participate box. For more information on ratings and reviews, refer to the Tool/Resource Feature: Reviews/Ratings section of this User Guide.

Participate:

Submit news: This link is only shown if you are an administrator for the NITRC tool/resource and have NITRC News enabled. Refer to the Adding a News Bulletin section of this User Guide for more information on submitting a new item.

Report issues: This link is shown for tools/resources that have the NITRC Tracker enabled. If you are logged in, you may submit a request for any of the trackers available for the tool/resource. For more information on submitting a tracker request, refer to the Tool/Resource Feature: Tracker section of this User Guide.

Add a review: This link is shown for all tools/resources that are hosted on NITRC (not for INCF-hosted tools/resources). If you are logged in, this links takes you to a page where you can submit a review or update a review that you have already submitted.

Join the team: This link is shown if you are not already a member of the tool/resource. The link is not shown for INCF-hosted tools/resources. If you are logged in, this link takes you to a page where you can send your name to the tool/resource administrator for approval to join this team.

Monitor a file release: This link is shown for tools/resources that have NITRC Downloads enabled. The link takes you to the Downloads page for this tool/resource. If you are logged in, there will be an envelope icon next to each listed package name. Click on the envelope icon to initiate monitoring of the package.

Subscribe to RSS feed: This link is shown for all tools/resources that are hosted on NITRC (not for INCF-hosted tools/resources). The link takes you to a page that allows you to add a Web feed to your browser to track what is happening in the tool/resource. Web feeds are available for news and file releases.

If you are using a browser that supports detection of Web feeds, you can also access the feeds by clicking on your browser's feed icon from any of the tool/resource pages.

Bookmark this page: This link is shown for all users and all tools/resources. If you are logged in, clicking this link will add this tool/resource Summary page to the list of bookmarks on your My NITRC page.

Other Information:

Home Page: Upon registration, the home page link is set to this Summary page. The tool/resource administrator may use the Admin Edit Public Info page to change the home page link to go to an external Web site.

View Images: If an administrator has uploaded any images for the tool/resource through the Admin Manage Images page, this link will be displayed to provide access to those images. Images may be laboratory or tool/resource logos, software screenshots, or other images.

Documents: This is the total number of active documents for the tool/resource.

Forums: This is the total number of messages in the tool/resource's public forums.

Mailing Lists: This is the total number of public mailing lists for the tool/resource.

News Items: This is the total number of news items for the tool/resource.

Task Manager: This is the total number of open tasks and the total number of all tasks for all public task subprojects for the tool/resource.

Tracker: This is the total number of open tracker items and the total number of all tracker items for all public trackers for the tool/resource.

Total Downloads: This is the total number of times any active public released files for this tool/resource have been downloaded by NITRC users.

Activity Percentile: This is only displayed if the tool/resource has had activity during the current week. The activity percentile indicates how active the tool/resource is in comparison to other NITRC tools/resources. Activity is measured through submitted NITRC forum messages, bugs, patches, supports, tasks, cvs commits, and file releases and through the number of members and downloads. (Note: Many external tool/resource users and downloads may not pass through NITRC, and that activity cannot be measured here.) The most active tool/resource will have a 100% activity percentile. All other percentiles are based on the activity level of this tool/resource and the number of tools/resources with activity. If there are 10 active tools or resources, then the tool/resource with the next highest level of activity will have a 90% activity level, and so on. Public and private tools/resources are used in the calculation of the activity percentile.

Note: If the tool/resource administrator has chosen not to use statistics through the Admin Edit Public Info page, the activity percentile will not be displayed even if the tool/resource has had activity during the current week.

View Statistics: You can find out more about how active the tool/resource is by clicking on the "View Statistics" link. On the Tool/Resource Activity page you can create graphs showing opened and closed tracker items, posted forum messages, submitted documents, opened and closed tasks, and downloads.

Note: This link will not be displayed if the tool/resource administrator has chosen not to use statistics. As the tool/resource administrator, go to the Admin Edit Public Info page to enable/disable statistics tracking. Uncheck the box next to "Use Statistics" in the Active Features section to disable statistics tracking; check the box to enable statistics tracking.

Registered: This is the date when the tool/resource administrator submitted the request to register the tool/resource.

Organization: If an administrator has specified an organization that supports this tool/resource, the organization will be displayed. An administrator can enter the organization through the Admin Edit Public Info page.

Center: If an administrator has specified a research center or institute that supports this tool/resource, the center will be displayed. An administrator can enter the center through the Admin Edit Public Info page.

Application Publications: If documents have been filed in the Application Publications document folder, the number of approved application publications is shown. You may click on the Application Publications link to open that document folder.

Technical Publications: If documents have been filed in the Technical Publications document folder, the number of approved technical publications is shown. You may click on the Technical Publications link to open that document folder.

This work was support by: If an administrator has specified any funding sources for the tool/resource, the funding sources will be displayed. An administrator can enter funding sources through the Admin Edit Public Info page.

Members: The Members box, below the tool/resource menu, lists the administrators and members of the tool/resource. Each name is a link to that user’s public profile. If you are a registered user and would like to participate in this tool/resource, you may click on "Join the team" to send your name to the tool/resource administrator for approval. The tool/resource administrator manages members and their roles through the tool/resource Admin page.