The CRIS component has a button that allows one to review reports and publications by other investigators working on the same project. It also has a button that notifies the Agricultural Research Center when the report is complete. In the Extension Team Projects component, the lead or co-lead enters the project and selects the names of all those who worked on the project. Unlike CRIS, there is one report per project even though several people may be working it. The one report may be edited by anyone working on the project.
Most component entries require keywords.
The committee discussed using keyword pick lists versus text entry. We decided pick lists would be too restrictive. Keywords will be used for Web searches. The Extension projects and programs component is currently the only component that is searchable by keyword. One of the menu selections displays a summary of all the components and the number of entries in each component.