The National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute

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The National Center for Charitable Statisticsat
the Urban Institute KnowledgeBase Tom Pollak
The National Center for Charitable
Statistics/ Center on Nonprofits and
Philanthropyat the Urban Institute
http//nccs.urban.orghttp//nccsDataWeb.urban.o
rgFall 2002
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Overview Two Integrated Layers

• Internal knowledgebase for posting reports
  (published and unpublished), technical notes,
  information snippets, procedures, project
  management info, etc.
• External FAQ system for providing information
  to researchers and others is a subset of internal
  knowledgebase

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Key Features Ease of Use

• Easy to Create Notes
• Staff without HTML experience can create entries.
  
• Staff who know HTML can include HTML code.
• Simple hierarchical category structure is easy to
  modify and has unlimited levels
• Easy to Find Notes
• Search through hierarchical categories or
  free-text search

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Key Features (2)

• Choice of 3 levels of publication none (work
  in progress), internal use, external use
• Easy Review and Approval Process

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The Individual Record

• Simple free-form text (plain or HTML)
• Up to 2 attachments
• URL link
• Assign to multiple categories

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Technical Details

• Runs on any reasonably modern browser
• Open Source Linux operating system, MySQL
  database, and PHP scripting software

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