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{{TOC rightDISPLAYTITLE:<span style="position: absolute; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);">{{FULLPAGENAME}}</span>}}<!-- BANNER ACROSS TOP OF PAGE -->{| id="mp-topbanner" style="width:100%; background:#ddd; margin:1.2em 0 6px 0; border:1px solid #ddd;"| style="width:61%; color:#000;" |<!-- "WELCOME TO IMSMA" AND ARTICLE COUNT -->__NOEDITSECTION__{| style="width:280px; border:none; background:none;"| style="width:280px; text-align:center; white-space:nowrap; color:#000;" |<div style=What is "font-size:162%; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">Welcome to IMSMA?Wiki,</div><div style="top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">The IMSMA online documentation</div><div id="articlecount" style="font-size:85%;">[[Special:Statistics|{{#expr:{{formatnum:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|R}}-{{formatnum:{{PAGESINCATEGORY:NoPublic|pages}}|R}}}}]] articles</div>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|}<!-- PORTAL LIST ON RIGHT-HAND SIDE -->| style="width:13%; font-size:95%;" |* [[The Making of IMSMA|History]]*[[Portal:Using IMSMA NG|Using {{IMSMANG}}]]*[[Portal:IMSMA NG Administration|{{IMSMANG}} Administration]]* [[Portal:Remote_Entry| IMSMA Remote Entry]]| style="width:13%; font-size:95%;" |*[[IMSMA MobilePortal:Business Intelligence|Business Intelligence]]* [[Portal:GIS|GIS]]* [[Portal:Technical_Notes|Technical Notes]]*[[IMSMA LegacyPortal:Training|Training]] (not supported)|}

==Assessing Mine Action Information Management Needs==__NoTOC__<!-- Template Box -->{| id="mp-upper" id=Understanding IMSMA Information Model="mf-nec" style="width: 100%; margin:4px 0 0 0; background:none; border-spacing: 0px;"

<!-- WHAT IS IMSMA -->| class="MainPageBG" style="width:54%; border:1px solid #fff; background:#fff; vertical-align:top; color:#000;" |{| id="mp-left" id="mf-nec" style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#fff;"| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfa-h2" id="mf-nec" style="margin:3px; background:#c14e5f; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">What is IMSMA?</h2>|-| style="color:#000;" | <div id="mp-tfa" id="mf-nec" style="padding:2px 5px">The '''This section provides important information about IMSMA and how you can customise IMSMA Information Management System for Mine Action''' is a software designed to fit your support the needs of the mine action community for decision support, monitoring and reporting. Core elements of IMSMA include a <abbr title="Open source object-relational database management system">PostgreSQL</abbr> database engine and a geographic information system (GIS) for displaying information management needson maps.''*Its [[About Information Management in Mine ActionUnderstanding Configuration Options| client/server architecture]]*enables stand-alone installations for small [[Information Model http://www.mineaction.org/ mine action programmes] as well as client/server installations for large programmes with many users distributed across multiple sites and Key Concepts]]*organisations. Additionally, IMSMA can be connected to supporting components that interact with the IMSMA system. This includes the [[Workflow and Business RulesIMSMA Staging Area]]*for advanced analytics and reporting as well more common tools like [[System Configuration]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel Microsoft Excel].

==Getting Started [[Core Design Concepts|Designed with IMSMA==''flexibility'' and ''usability'']] at heart, IMSMA is [[Portal:IMSMA_NG_Administration#Customisation|very adaptable and can be continuously customised]] by individual programmes to suit their changing information management needs. This section will include a set includes defining the type of quick links mine action data to useful pages store and the relationships among the types, the forms used to collect information in the field and the workflows - such as for wikiinstance [http://www.gichd.org/operations/land-release-navigation and important or frequent topics-operational-efficiency/overview/ land release].''*[[Getting Significant attention should be paid when setting up and customising IMSMA | Acquiring a copy to make sure that it is adapted to the needs of IMSMA]]all staff and external stakeholders. *[[Quick Start Guide]]|-*[[Installing IMSMA]]| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-dyk-h2" id="mf-nec" style="margin:3px; background:#c14e5f; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Did you know...</h2>*[[Using IMSMA]]|-*[[Maintaining | style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-dyk" id="mf-nec">First released in 1998, IMSMA NG]]is now the primary software*'''[[Using this wiki]]in mine action and is installed in '''*'''[[Initial Wiki Info]]47'''countries. IMSMA includes built-in flexibility to support a variety of information management needs, ranging from the largest humanitarian programs in the world to the smallest. IMSMA provides humanitarian organisations and planners with the necessary information to enhance project efficiency and maximize the value of limited resources.</div>*[[Help:Start Page]]|}*[[Concept| style="border:Start Page]]1px solid transparent;" |

<!-- FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS -->| class="MainPageBG" id="mf-nec" style="width:45%; border:1px solid #fff; background:#fff; vertical-align:top;"|{| id="mp-right" id="mf-nec" style="width:100%; vertical-align:top; background:#fff;"| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id=User Profiles"mp-itn-h2" id="mf-nec" style="margin:3px; background:#999; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Features</h2>''This section will include pages that are pre|-arranged | style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px;" | <div id="mp-itn" id="mf-nec">* A decision-support system with appropriate content based on a user's '''ROLE''' so that users can find information that is pertinent to their role in information managementembedded GIS * Designed for the Windows operating systems and requires 3 GB of free disk space.* Currently translated into multiple languages including English, French and Spanish. </div>|-| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-otd-h2" id="mf-nec" style="margin:3px; background:#999; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Specifications</h2>|-| style="color:#000; padding:2px 5px 5px;" | <div id="mp-otd" id="mf-nec">* Java/J2EE client/server application (ver 1.''7 32 bits)*Data Entry User[[Glossary#A|ArcGIS]] Engine ver 10.1 *System AdministratorPostgreSQL database engine (ver 9.1.4 32 bits)*Information Manager[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JasperReports JasperReports] reporting engine (iReport ver 5.0.1)* Utilises Mine Action XML ([http://www.jmu.edu/cisr/journal/20.3/pdfs/kontotasiou.pdf maXML])*Operations UserRuns on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, <br /> Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 and 2003.</div>|-| style="padding:2px;" | <h2 id="mp-tfp-h2" id="mf-nec" style="margin:3px; background:#CECECE; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left; color:#fff; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Obtaining IMSMA systems&ensp;<span style="font-size:85%; font-weight:normal;"></span></h2>|-| style="color:#000; padding:2px;" | <div id="mp-tfp" id="mf-nec"> IMSMA is provided for free. Full details on how to [[Getting IMSMA systems Installation Package | get IMSMA systems installation package ]]. </div>|}|}

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