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Use Case 00820:Adding a Bookmark

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Description:

This Use Case addresses the need to add a bookmark to the bookmarks portlet.

Goal Level: user_goal
Actors:
  • Portal Participant
Trigger: A Portal Participant encounters a knowledge item within an application that they would like to be able to return to easily
Preconditions:

This Use Case requires that the Participant have write privelage on the Bookmark Portlet application.

Basic Path:


  1. During the course of browsing content within a portal, a participant wishes to bookmark an item for quick retrieval later.
  2. The Participant clicks the "Add Bookmark" icon at the top of the portal to store the location of the content item in the bookmark portlet.

Postconditions:

Succesful End Conditions:

A link to the knowledge item appears in the Bookmarks portlet.

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Sample Narrative:

Open Issues:


  • Why are CW bookmarks better than browser bookmarks? Because they can be shared?
  • What action does a user take to save a bookmark? A "Save Bookmark" button? Should this be a persistent feature of the portal UI?
  • What if the item that a user wishes to bookmark is within a portal application, and the nav bar, help, and other ancillary links (where a 'save bookmark' button would probably be located) are not present? Does this imply that every (reasonable) application that populates the portal, needs to incorporate a "Bookmark This View" button in it UI?

Iteration: Facade.
Status: in_progress

by Jim Parsons

Last Modified: 2001/11/21