Uploading or Modifying a Project

Uploading or Modifying a Project

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The repository is meant to be a means whereby users may share well-built, thoroughly-tested models with the FEBio community. If you have a model or set of models that you believe meets these requirements, you may upload them as part of a project to the repository using the Upload/Modify wizard.

Adding or Editing Project Details

Each of the fields on the first page of the wizard must be filled out with appropriate information. If you are modifying an existing project, these fields will be filled out with the current project information.

  • Project Name: Provide a unique, descriptive name for your project.
  • Description: Provide a description of your project as a whole (descriptions of individual files can be given on the second page fo the wizard). Please be thorough, providing at least a few sentences. A user should be able to understand the purpose of your project simply by reading the description.
  • Category: By default, users are only given permission to upload to the User Projects category. Unless you have been given special permission, this field will not be editable.
  • Owner: Your username. This field is not editable.
  • Tags: Provide at least one, but preferably several, tags to help categorize your project.
    • To add a tag, type into the field next to the Tag label, and click the plus button. This will add the tag to the box below. Suggestions for tags will appear in a drop-down menu as you begin to type.
    • To remove a tag, select it from the list in the box, and click the minus button.
  • Publications: If one or more of your models is associated with one or more published papers, you may add details about these publications to your project.
    • To add a publication, click the plus button next to the box under the Publications label. This will open the Add Publication Dialog (see Section [subsec:Add-Publication-Dialog]). Once added, the publication will appear in the box.
    • To remove a publication, check the checkbox next to the publication and click the minus button located next to the box.

Adding a Publication

The Add Publication dialog allows you to search for publications and add them to your project. You may either search by DOI (the recommened approach), or by search term. Once the dialog has found possible candidates based on your search criteria, it will display them in a list below the search boxes. To select one, click the blue checkbox button. This will take you to the second page of the dialog. On the second page you may review and edit the fields as necessary.

If absolutely necessary, you may enter all of the information of a publication manually by clicking the Manual Input button at the bottom of the dialog. Doing so will take you to the second page where you can manually enter the publication information.

  • To add an author, click the plus button to the right of the list of authors.
  • To remove an author, select the author(s) that you wish to remove and click the minus button.
  • To rename an author, double-click on either their given or family name.
  • To reorder the authors, drag and drop the authors. The Order field will be updated automatically.

Once all of the information on the second page looks correct, click the OK button.

Adding or Removing Files

The second page of the wizard is used to add or remove files, and add or edit metadata for them. If you are modifying an existing project, the project’s current file structure will be displayed here.

The first column of the file tree contains name of the file or folder as it will appear in your project. The second column shows the location of the file. If the file is to be newly added to a project, its location on your system appears in this column. If the file is part of an existing project that you are modifying, its location relative to the model repository will be displayed in the this column, starting with the text “{Repository}”. The third column shows the size of the file or folder.

You may organize the files in your project however you would like, with any arrangement of files, folders, and subfolders. It is best practice to avoid unnecessary subfolders, and to avoid extensive subfolder trees. Please note that empty folders will not be uploaded.

The buttons on the top of this page provide access to various functions:

The Add Folder button adds a new folder to your project. Upon adding a new folder, the name folder name will become editable. The folder will be added at the level of the currently selected file, or as a subfolder of the currently selected folder.

The Add File button opens a system file dialog which will allow you to select any number of files from your system to include in your project. The files will be added to the file tree at the level of the currently selected file, or inside of the currently selected folder.

The Rename button allows you to rename the currently selected file or folder. You can also rename a file or folder by double-clicking on the desired item.

Other functions of this page are described below:

  • To reorder files or folders, drag and drop the files or folders to the desired location.
  • To exclude previously added files or folders from the upload, uncheck the check box to the left of the file or folder names.
  • To remove a file or folder from an existing project that you are modifying, uncheck the check box to the left of the file or folder names. Please note that unchecking a folder, will uncheck its contents, and will result in their deletion. If you simply want to move files out of a folder, then you must drag them out of the folder.
  • To add or edit a file’s description, select one or more files and then type a description into the Description box. The description of all selected files will be changed to what you type. Folders cannot be given descriptions.
  • To add tags to a file, select one or more files, type a tag into the box next to the Tag label, then click the plus icon. This tag will be added to all selected files. Folders cannot be assigned tags.
  • To remove tags from a file, select one or more files, select the tags you wish to remove from the box below the Tag label, then click the minus button. Only tags from the most recently selected file will appear in this list.

When you are happy with the state of your file structure, and your files have been given descriptions and tags, click the Finish button to finalize your project and initiate the upload.

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